Although UAW leadership has encouraged the rank and file to ratify the contract, many workers are unhappy with the highlights of the proposed deal.
On the 31st day of the longest auto strike in 50 years, General Motors and the United Auto Workers announced a tentative agreement.
On picket lines around the country, from Wyoming, Michigan to Rochester, N.Y. to Langhorne, Pennsylvania ---G.M. workers made the strike their own.
Their fight is one that all of us, regardless of the work we do, should claim as our own.
The picketing GM workers and impending Chicago Teachers Union action suggest a dramatic revival of striking as a tactic.
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GM cuts healthcare benefits for workers, as strike enters 4th day. This induces workers to get more angry. GM thinks this will scare them or get them to rethink the cost of their benefits. It's going to backfire. It's quick, rash and insensitive.
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The United Auto Workers said on Sunday that a nationwide strike will begin before midnight. The move comes after the union and General Motors failed to agree on a new contract.
As is UAW practice, union leaders including Jones have been silent about bargaining goals, with no information trickled down to members.
The UAW kind of sucks, but it is still a union, and therefore inherently good.
Spread the word