End game: Volvo reopens plant and encourages strikers to come back

Volvo Trucks North America resumed production at its Virginia assembly plant on Monday, encouraging UAW strikers to come back to work under terms of its “last, best, final” offer. 

UAW Local 2069 voted down a third tentative agreement on Friday by closer margins than two previous proposed deals rejected by 9:1 margins. The union scheduled a second ratification vote for Wednesday. If members vote in favor of the deal, they would get a $2,000 pretax signing bonus. If voted down again, Volvo will...

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