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Union members ratify new 5-year contract with Volvo at Dublin truck plant
Source: WDBJ
Chris Hurst
A document shared on the local United Auto Workers union Facebook page shows more than 80 percent of the facility's voters ratified the deal.
The previous contract ended last month.
According to the UAW Local 2069, this new deal will include wage raises, a new committee on health and safety and the addition of a hunting holiday in November each year.
600 workers were laid off from the plant in February.
WDBJ7
ROANOKE, Va. -
We begin tonight with word just in the past hour that union workers at the Volvo truck plant in Dublin have overwhelmingly approved a new five year contract.
Read more: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/union-members-ratify-new-5year-contract-with-volvo-at-dublin-truck-plant/38848532
