by Justin | May 21, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
United Auto Workers and Volvo Truck North America (VTNA) bargainers reached another tentative agreement Thursday, but early indications are the rank and file like this deal no more than one they sent down in flames earlier this week. Read the article...
by Justin | May 18, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, Labor Notes, UAW Local 2069
One of the biggest insults, according to Sisk, was raising the cost of health care. Out-of-pocket costs would rise by the end of the contract to $2,000 a year, with a $4,000 deductible. Under the current contract, workers are divided into “core”—those with more than...
by Justin | May 17, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
After a 13-day strike called off by UAW officials, union workers at Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) overwhelmingly rejected a tentative agreement Sunday. But they will stay on the job, company officials said. The strongly negative vote may be a repudiation of UAW...
by Justin | May 17, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
Volvo Trucks North America announced Sunday that employees represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) rejected a new five-year labor agreement covering approximately 2,900 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley truck assembly operations in Dublin. The...
by Justin | Apr 30, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
Talks between Volvo Trucks North America and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at Volvo’s New River Valley (NRV) truck assembly plant are continuing, both groups told CCJ Thursday evening. UAW Local 2069 workers in Dublin, Virginia, went on strike Saturday,...
by Justin | Apr 18, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
Dublin Volvo Truck workers of United Auto Workers Local 2069 walked out this morning at 6 a.m. on strike due to what they are claiming are “unfair work practices” and a failure to come to an agreement with the company. Read the article here.
