While UAW President Bob King pledges support to the corporate agenda, resistance grows stronger

[Hannah Bell]

In January 2010 the UAW International told members at five GM parts plants that the raise they rightfully expected was canceled. The UAW International explained that the government would not allow GM to pay the contractual raise. It was a lie. Rank & file members didn’t buy it. GM and the UAW International were forced to capitulate. Both the raise and a performance bonus were paid after rank & file members fought back.

Locals Uphold Master Agreement

The UAW International attempted to convince GM parts plants to break their master agreement and negotiate separate contracts. So far only one plant in Saginaw under intense duress capitulated. That plant was promptly sold to a firm controlled by the Chinese government. It’s only a matter of time before the Chinese capitalists stripmine the plant and close it. The four other GM parts plants remain united under a master agreement.

When the UAW International strong-armed the Chairperson at a GM parts plant in Wyoming, Mi. into breaking the master agreement, the rank & file soundly defeated the concession contract. The bargaining committees at three other GM parts plants have either refused to negotiate at all or refused to present the company’s proposal to the members for a vote despite intense pressure from both management and the UAW International.

Defiance Grows

The GM Metal Fab plant in Indianapolis, In. under the leadership of Bargaining Chairman Greg Clark has likewise refused to break the master agreement. Members of UAW Local 23 passed a motion at an official union meeting to honor solidarity and uphold the National UAW-GM Contract.

Stronger and Louder

The rank & file are on their own but they are not alone. When Bob King tried to convince Ford workers at his home plant in Dearborn, Mi. to accept a concession contract that included a no strike clause, he was booed out of the plant. The reenactment of that resistance at Local 23 in Indianapolis indicates a pattern of resistance that is growing stronger and louder.

http://www.soldiersofsolidarity.com/index.html

[dkf]

1. The UAW got 17.5% of GM stock.

I wonder if that works for or against workers.

[Hannah Bell]

3. against.

[dkf]

4. Agree.

[Sherman A1]

2. Charming

It's just great when the folks you pay to speak for you go over to the other side.

They need to vote the bums out and/or sue them.

[madrchsod]

5. could be worse......

my wife`s local afscme union has a president,vice president,and secretary that are teabaggers. she`s the secretary treasurer and the only democrat.

[LWolf]

6. Glad to hear members know better. nt