Employees represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) Sunday rejected a new five-year labor agreement that would have covered approximately 2,900 members of UAW Local #2069 at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley (NRV) truck assembly operations in Dublin, Virginia.
Volvo said that UAW-represented employees will still report to work Monday, May 17.
“We look forward to working with the UAW to resolve whatever the outstanding issues are,” said NRV Vice President and General Manager Franky Marchand, “and we remain confident that we will be able to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.”
UAW International Director of Public Relations Brian Rothenberg said via statement to CCJ Sunday night that local members voted against common language in the deal by a 91% margin; hourly language was defeated by 91% margin; and salary language was defeated by 83%.
