Negotiations remain at a standstill for union workers, and as time goes on without a resolution, more workers are leaving the assembly lines for the picket lines.
Workers picketed outside of an auto parts warehouse in Plymouth, Minn., on Friday after United Auto Workers leaders expanded the union's strike against the Big Three automakers.
Around 200 workers at Big 3 distribution centers around Wisconsin are waiting to hear if they receive strike orders, according to union representatives.
Statement by Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party Texas state campaign chair, April 7.
Solidarity is needed now to strengthen the strike by 1,300 steelworkers at Allegheny Technologies Inc., 200 locked-out oil refinery workers facing off with Marathon Petroleum bosses in Minnesota and over 700 nurses on strike against St. Vincent Hospital in Massachusetts. All working people have a stake in these struggles.
Let these workers know they do not fight alone tell your co-workers, fellow unionists, family and friends about these battles, and send messages of support. Donations to their strike funds, as well as food and other supplies, are needed.
“You pick a fight with one of us you pick a fight with all of us,” was the message delivered by United Auto Workers Local 722 President Steve Frisque to the Marathon workers. Urge your union to do the same spread the word about these fights and organize the members to back them.
By Gabby Prosser April 12, 2021
ST. PAUL PARK, Minn. Some 200 oil refinery workers here, members of Teamsters Local 120, are now in their 10th week fighting a lockout by the bosses at Marathon Petroleum, the largest oil refining company in the U.S. They are receiving growing solidarity from many unions and other workers in the area and across the country.
Local 722 President Steve Frisque and other members of United Auto Workers Local 722 came from Hudson, Wisconsin, March 28 to join their picket line, show support and share experiences from their national strike against General Motors in 2019. Frisque explained why they had come, and later sent a formal statement on behalf of the union. (See solidarity message below photo.)