Mack Vans UAW staff reject contract, walked off jobs this morning

Mack Vans workers who’re members of the United Autoworkers Union voted overwhelmingly Sunday to reject the contract the union had negotiated with the corporate earlier this month and went on strike at three crops at 7 a.m. this morning.

Mack has some 3,900 workers at crops in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Florida.

The tentative settlement reached Oct. 1 however rejected by 73% of Mack’s UAW members included a ten% normal wage improve within the first yr for all workers, a compounded 20% improve to normal wages over 5 years, and a assure of no will increase in medical insurance premiums by the time period of the five-year contract. The union stated among the many points that stay unresolved are wage will increase, vacation schedules, seniority, retirement, and advantages. 

“We’re stunned and dissatisfied that the UAW has chosen to strike, which we really feel is pointless,” stated Mack President Stephen Roy in an announcement on the corporate’s web site. “We clearly demonstrated our dedication to good religion bargaining by arriving at a tentative settlement that was endorsed by each the Worldwide UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council.

“We’re dedicated to the collective bargaining course of, and stay assured that we will arrive at an settlement that delivers aggressive wages and advantages for our workers and their households whereas safeguarding our future as a aggressive firm and steady long-term employer. We look ahead to returning to negotiations as quickly as attainable.”

The strike on the Mack crops joins the UAW’s walkouts at some amenities of Ford, Basic Motors and Stellantis that started Sept. 15. Some progress was made in that strike late final week when Basic Motors agreed to incorporate 4 battery crops beneath its grasp nationwide settlement with the UAW.