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Volvo Trucks workers remain defiant after UAW sellout of five-week strike
Volvo Trucks workers returning to work today in Virginia say it is “going to be a battle” with management after the sellout of their five-week strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW). The nearly 3,000 Volvo workers at the New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia return to the factory in a confident and militant mood after striking two times over the last four months and rejecting three, and more likely four, UAW-backed concession contracts.
Last Wednesday, the UAW claimed its proposal for a six-year labor agreement, already rejected by nearly two-thirds of the workforce on July 9, had passed by only 17 votes out of the 2,369 votes cast by workers. Amid widespread accusations of vote fraud, the UAW quickly shut down the strike. UAW President Ray Curry cynically declared, “The democratic process played out at Volvo Trucks.”
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United Auto Workers Local 2069 announced at 8:43 p.m. Wednesday evening that the revote on a tentative agreement previously rejected by Volvo Trucks workers in Dublin, Virginia passed by 17 votes. Within 30 minutes of the announcement, the UAW told workers that pickets were being shut down and the strike ended “as we speak.”
According to the local, out of a total of 2,369 votes cast for the common language portion of the contract, 1,193 voted “yes” and 1,176 voted “no,” or in percentage terms, 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent. The UAW claims the section of the contract covering hourly workers passed by a similar margin, 1,147 to 1,130. The section covering salaried workers was rejected, with 54 “no” votes versus 40 “yes” votes.
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