The United Auto Workers, who have been striking major auto manufacturers for quite some time now, are set to have a revote for the most recent deal offered by Mack Trucks. The Union has already resolved its contracts with a few companies, such as Ford and Stellantis, and Mack Trucks is seemingly the next up on the list. The first vote happened over a month ago on October 8^th, with the second vote currently set for November 15^th.

Mack Trucks is calling this offer their last and final to the United Auto Workers.

This vote is technically not a second vote as the plan is supposedly different than the previous offer, but there have been virtually no changes, leading to the explanation of this being a second vote for the same offer. The offer essentially only supports a 20% compound wage increase to accrue over five years. Along the way of their negotiations with this overall deal, they have also reached some terms that they agree upon for four of their local plants.

When the vote for the deal was held in October, 73% of union voters in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Maryland rejected the deal. These same union members are the ones who will be holding this new vote on the deal with essentially zero changes. Within this vote there are six Volvo facilities that are being struck by the United Auto Workers. The main plant is in Allenstown, Pennsylvania, which was walked out of on October 9^th. Ever since this walkout operations have halted at this facility.

One of Volvo’s Mack Truck locations has been quite unaffected.

Volvo’s facility in Dublin, Virginia had one day in which their operations were paused due to the strike. However, this is because a separate deal made in 2021 was reached between the union and the local facility managers. Since they do not operate on the same contract as other Volvo locations, they are safe from this current strike.

Mack Trucks is placing blame on the union for not having a contract agreement yet. They described their last and final offer as adequate, while describing the demands of the United Auto Workers unreasonable. Mack Trucks believes their offer does mimic others that have been signed by other manufacturers that were stuck against by UAW. In a statement, they confirmed that their plan does reinstate cost of living adjustments and therefore is acceptable.

How the union will vote this time around is unclear, as only time will tell.