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Allentown Mack Volvo workers issue statement of solidarity with New River Volvo strikers
5 July 2021
The World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter
has received the following statement from a group of Macungie (Allentown) Mack Volvo workers who are forming a Rank-and-File Committee. The letter calls for Mack workers to join the new Rank-and-File Committee and to support the New River Valley strike of Volvo workers.
A used Mack truck that is available at a lot in Evans City, Pa. [Credit: AP Photo/Keith Srakocic]
The United Auto Workers announced Thursday evening a third tentative agreement with Volvo in a bid to shut down the four-week-long strike of nearly 3,000 workers at the New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia. The World Socialist Web Site
Rank-and-file workers at the New River Valley plant, who have decisively rejected two UAW-backed sellout agreements, are demanding the immediate restoration of health benefits and mass picketing to stop the company’s strikebreaking operation.