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UAW workers reject Mack Trucks contract, will strike
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A United Auto Workers union member holds a sign outside Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
(Reuters) – Union workers at Volvo (OTC:) Group-owned Mack Trucks overwhelmingly rejected a proposed five-year contract deal and will go on strike at 7 a.m. Monday (1100 GMT), the United Auto Workers said late on Sunday.
About 73% of workers voted against the deal covering 4,000 workers, the UAW said. The proposed deal had included a 19% pay hike.
(This story has been refiled to correct the GMT conversion to 1100, from 2300, in paragraph 1)
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