After rejecting a labor agreement on Sunday, employees at US industrial manufacturer Mack Trucks will join about 25,000 other United Auto Workers (UAW) members on strike, the union announced.
“UAW members at Mack Trucks have voted to REJECT a tentative agreement, and will STRIKE at 7 am on Monday,” the union posted on X, formerly Twitter.
The 4,000 workers at Mack, a manufacturer of industrial vehicles with its headquarters in North Carolina and production facilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland, will be impacted, according to the post.
“I’m inspired to see UAW members at Mack holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it,” said UAW president Shawn Fain.
The Mack workers will be joining striking UAW members at the so-called “Big Three” GM, Ford and Stellantis who launched a targeted action on September 15 after failing to reach a new deal.
The union’s 146,000 US hourly auto employees were not affected by the targeted strike, which called for stoppages at only a few facilities while keeping most of them at work.
Fain announced on Friday that the UAW would hold off for the time being, claiming last-minute progress in negotiations, after two weeks of extending the strike to other plants.
The total number of workers on strike at the Big Three is currently over 25,000 after the dual previous expansions of the walkout the preceding two Fridays.
The industrial action, which is the first-ever joint strike at the three main manufacturers, is being taken in an effort to demand better pay and other changes, particularly in connection with the switch to the production of electric vehicles.
The UAW listed many perks, cost of living adjustments, and wage hikes as unresolved issues in their contract discussions in a letter to Mack that was published on X.
