Volvo Truck union shoots down labor deal for second time, will go back on strike

June 6, 2021

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 deals.

UAW members will resume their strike at NRV at noon today.

“It is difficult to understand this action,” NRV Vice President and General Manager Franky Marchand said via statement of resuming the work-stoppage. “UAW International, Regional, and Local leadership endorsed the tentative

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