Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened

Photo: A sign that reads “Now Hiring!” in the window of a PetSmart in Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania. Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images. Article by Ben Finley, AP and Tom Krisher, AP. PBS.org –  September 6, 2021.

NORFOLK, Va. — When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike.

The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members: Pay raises. Signing bonuses. Lower-priced health care. […]

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