The Teamsters won’t be transporting General Motors vehicles during the United Auto Workers’ strike.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said on Sunday that its members will stand in solidarity with the UAW and honor its picket lines as the union begins a strike against GM at midnight.
“Teamsters and the UAW have a decades-long relationship of having each other’s back,” Hoffa said.
Teamsters spokesman Bret Caldwell said 1,000 of its members will refuse to transport GM vehicles to dealerships as a show of solidarity during the strike.
About 49,000 UAW members are set to begin a strike Sunday night after the union failed to reach a new labor agreement with GM by the Saturday night deadline.
Union leaders said its members had helped the company reach “record level profits” and complained that GM was refusing “to put hard-working Americans ahead” of further profits.
GM disagreed on Sunday, saying it had brought a “strong offer” to the union with improved wages and benefits.
It’s not clear how long the strike will last. The UAW also represents Ford and Fiat Chrysler employees, and the GM deal could potentially set a template for the union’s other upcoming negotiations.
Hoffa lauded the UAW “for its work to ensure that its GM employees are treated with respect and dignity on the job.”
“At a time when more and more companies are downsizing and shipping jobs out of the U.S., it is imperative that unions fight for their members,” he said. “Workers should be rewarded for good work with fair wages and benefits. That’s what the UAW is demanding.”
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orangefalcoon on September 16th, 2019 at 05:54 UTC »
United we bargain divided we beg
Krabban on September 16th, 2019 at 01:10 UTC »
Good to see some much needed solidarity between workers, I hate when I see non-unionized workers or workers in other unions scoff at others struggles.
Here in Sweden the majority of workers are unionized and have been for decades (In 2018 ~70% of the workforce were members of a union). Back in 1995 Toys'R'Us started opening their first stores here, at the time they had a global policy of not negotiating with unions. When our biggest union for retail workers tried to come to an agreement with them, they instead ignored the union representatives completely and refused to hire members of the union altogether.
They anticipated a strike from the union, and figured if non of their employees were members, it wouldn't harm their business (Which would've been true). However, when a strike and protests were called, tons of other unions in the country joined in solidarity. Printing businesses refused to print ads for Toys'R'Us. Transport workers refused to move their goods between their stores and warehouses. Banks refused to process their payments. Even my fathers union, who is a carpenter, instructed their members to boycott Toys'R'Us, which my family did, and I've refused to shop there my entire life because of this.
In total over 3 million union members tried to make business as hard as possible for Toys'R'Us. Their European management called the treatment they received "unfair" and the actions of the unions "war".
Eventually they relented and signed an agreement with the union.
2293201518O on September 16th, 2019 at 00:58 UTC »
more of this...America needs to come together against special interests...countries are for people not corporations