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2008 American Axle strike contains important lessons for Volvo workers


2008 American Axle strike contains important lessons for Volvo workers
After more than a month on the picket line, 2,900 autoworkers have returned to the assembly line at Volvo’s New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Virginia, the largest Volvo truck plant in the world. The mood is restive, as workers discuss and process the betrayal that has just taken place.
The Volvo workers voted down three sellout tentative agreements pushed by the United Auto Workers. But last week the union forced a re-vote on the third rejected agreement, claimed that it passed by 17 votes, and sent the workers back to work without publishing the full contract. What is known is that the pro-company deal substantially raises workers’ health care costs and keeps wage increases for many below inflation along with other concessions. ....

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