Employees at Mass. plant be a part of autoworkers’ strike

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Fifty employees at a Stellantis plant in Mansfield walked off the job Friday as a part of the nationwide UAW strike.

Fifty auto employees at a Massachusetts components distribution manufacturing facility joined the nationwide United Auto Employees (UAW) strike Friday.

The employees, who’re employed at a Stellantis facility in Mansfield, walked off the job at midday Friday and fashioned a picket on the plant’s entrance, in line with a Boston Globe report.

The employees joined 1000’s of UAW members at 38 vegetation throughout 20 states who’re demanding contracts with larger wages, shorter work weeks, and pensions for newer employees. About 60 employees in whole are employed on the Mansfield facility. 

The labor group stated this week’s 5,600 walkouts had been along with 13,000 employees who started putting final week. The native UAW chapter introduced its involvement within the historic strike in a tweet on Friday morning. 

Throughout Friday’s demonstration in Mansfield, putting employees fashioned a circle outdoors the plant and chanted, “We’re the union, the mighty, mighty union,” the Globe reported.

At one level, picketers clashed with a supply truck driver because the automobile pulled into the driveway and slowly made contact with demonstrators. One striker reportedly threatened to sue the motive force and slammed his hand into the truck’s hood. One other employee yelled on the driver to “Again up, a–gap!” in line with the Globe.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren confirmed up on the picket line Friday, marching and holding indicators in solidarity with the employees. 

“When unions win, employees win! Proud to face with the [UAW],” Warren said on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter.

Auto employees walked out of vegetation in Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio after UAW’s contract with automotive corporations expired on Sept. 14. It’s the primary time the union has held a strike in opposition to the “Massive Three” vehicle producers — Ford, GM, and Stellantis — concurrently. 

President Joe Biden stated on X that he plans to go to the UAW picket line in Michigan on Tuesday.

“Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to affix the picket line and stand in solidarity with the women and men of UAW as they struggle for a justifiable share of the worth they helped create,” Biden stated. “It’s time for a win-win settlement that retains American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs.”