UAW workers at a Volvo Trucks plant in Virginia voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiations with the companies fail to progress. The votes by locals of the United Auto Workers union come as about 49,000 hourly workers at 54 GM facilities have been on strike nationwide since Sept. 16, including five factories in Kentucky and Tennessee that stopped vehicle production.
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00:02 UAW workers at John Deere, 4isha, and a Volvo trucks plant in Virginia voted to authorize
00:07 a strike if contract negotiations with the companies fail to make progress.
00:11 The votes by locals of the United Auto Workers Union come as about 49,000 hourly workers
00:15 at 54 GM facilities have been on strike nationwide since September 16th, including five factories
00:21 in Kentucky and Tennessee that stopped vehicle production.
00:24 UAW members at Deere plants in Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas authorized their leaders to call
00:29 strikes if needed after contract talks stalled.
00:32 Workers at 4isha's plant in Saline, Michigan and a Volvo trucks facility in Dublin, Virginia
00:36 also voted to allow for walkouts.
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