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4,000 Mack Trucks workers join US strike after contract snub - superadmin - 10-09-2023 WASHINGTON: Employees at US industrial automaker Mack Trucks voted down a labour agreement on Sunday and will join some 25,000 other United Auto Workers (UAW) members on strike, the union announced. “UAW members at Mack Trucks have voted to REJECT a tentative agreement, and will STRIKE at 7am on Monday,” the union posted on X, formerly Twitter. The post said that it would impact 4,000 employees at Mack, a maker of industrial vehicles which is headquartered in North Carolina, but has manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania and Maryland. “I’m inspired to see UAW members at Mack holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it,” said UAW president Shawn Fain. - More -