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UAW president hails “labor-management” partnership following sellout of Volvo strike Detroit News Tuesday titled “UAW works with employers for union members.” The Detroit News, a Republican Party-aligned newspaper and longtime mouthpiece of the auto bosses, regularly publishes columns by the UAW president, Teamsters President James Hoffa and other Michigan union bureaucrats who have proven their worth to big business. Ray Curry in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2015. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File) In his July 20 op-ed, Curry dispenses with any suggestion that unions should have an “adversarial” relationship with the corporations and touts the UAW’s long-standing embrace of corporatism and labor-management “partnership.” ....
Volvo production workers assemble a VNR Electric for customer Manhattan Beer. United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 members on Wednesday ratified a new six-year labor agreement, ending a strike at Volvo Trucks North America s New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia, that had turned the corner toward six weeks. Local 2069 members last week rejected a third proposed labor agreement. That deal, which was okayed by UAW leadership, was shot down with 60% no votes locally, but put back before the membership Wednesday as Volvo s last, best and final offer. Our focus now will be on getting trucks to customers as quickly as we can, and strengthening our relationship with our employees.” ....
UAW-represented Volvo workers OK latest contract offer, ending strike freep.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freep.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Latest UAW-Volvo agreement contains attacks on pay, health care Front of a Volvo truck [Credit: Justin Kase Conder/AP Images for Volvo Trucks] The announcement of the agreement on the UAW website was its first public acknowledgment of the strike since workers walked out at the beginning of June. For weeks, the UAW enforced a news blackout of the strike, seeking to prevent other workers from even knowing it is happening. Its banner headline Thursday reads, “Striking Volvo Workers in Dublin Virginia Reach Tentative Agreement with Major Gains.” In fact, Volvo workers have not reached any agreement with Volvo. The UAW has reached the agreement with the company on the basis of negotiations carried out entirely behind the backs of Volvo workers. ....
Jul 1, 2021 UAW members, beginning Friday, will be briefed first about contract terms by the bargaining team and UAW Region 8 International Representatives as well as UAW Heavy Truck Department International Representative. Volvo Trucks North America and the United Auto Workers union (UAW) Thursday evening reached a tentative labor agreement that would return nearly 3,000 employees from a strike that has dragged on for nearly a month at Volvo s New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia. The new six year proposal marks the third time the two sides have reached a potential agreement, but unlike the two previous deals – both of which were shot down by UAW Local 2069 membership in a landslide – union workers at Volvo s truck assembly facility will remain on the picket line until a ratification vote July 9. ....