by Justin | Jun 30, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
The company claims they’ve offered “significant economic improvements for all UAW-represented workers,” but in reality the proposed 12 percent raise over six years falls well below the current rate of inflation. The latest agreement also calls for higher copays and...
by Justin | Jun 20, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
Workers continued to walk strike lines at Volvo Trucks North America entrances Friday. About 2,900 UAW members walked off the job June 7 after a second tentative agreement with the company failed a ratification vote by a wide margin. Workers elected a 10-member...
by Justin | Jun 10, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
The resounding contract rejection on June 6 made it clear that workers are not willing to give up their struggle and accept the company’s terms for a new contract. Thus, by their determination, members have pressured their union to continue the fight. This success was...
by Justin | Jun 7, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, Labor Notes, UAW Local 2069
Auto workers at Volvo’s truck plant in southwest Virginia have just voted down a concessionary contract by 90 percent—for the second time. Now they’re back on strike. “The International union has been down here twice for town halls,” said Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069...
by Justin | Jun 7, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local No. 2069 at Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley (NRV) truck assembly operations in Dublin, Virginia, Sunday rejected a new labor agreement – the second time in four weeks that local members have shot down tentative...
by Justin | May 24, 2021 | Dublin Volvo Truck, UAW Local 2069
A petition is now circulating that is calling out national union representatives saying that there are still concerns, after Volvo and the United Auto Workers agreed to a new six-year contract that would cover nearly 3,000 employees at the Dublin plant. Some of those...
