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Union authorizes Volvo strike


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The Southwest [Virginia] Times / December 3, 2015

Amalgamated UAW Local 2069 members voted overwhelming Wednesday to authorize a membership strike against Volvo Truck North America.

According to a letter signed by Jennifer Bailey, election committee chairperson for Local 2069, the vote was 96.3 percent in favor of the strike.

The vote comes a day after Volvo Truck announced a layoff of at least 730 employees from its 2,800 workforce.

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I've seen time and time again, union leaders get the membership all worked up and vote for a strike. By the time all the dust settles, the union leaders come out smelling like a rose but the workers get screwed. And to top it all off the workers will praise the leadership for what they did.

I'm not saying that's the case here because I don't know the details but in this day and time, you should be very careful what you wish for.

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