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Union workers feeling more confident amid COVID-19 labor shortage

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike.The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members: Pay raises.

Signing bonuses. Lower-priced health care.Yet the workers overwhelmingly rejected the proposal. And then a second one, too. Finally, they approved a third offer that provided even higher raises, plus lump-sum bonuses.For the union, it was a breakthrough that wouldn't likely have happened as recently as last year.

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