volvo said in a statement that the uaws decision was difficult to understand but it was confident of reaching a deal with the unionvolvo ab employees represented by the united auto workers uaw have resumed a strike at the swedish truck makers operations in virginia after the union rejected a sixyear labor agreement the company said on monday the uaw on sunday rejected a tentative deal reached in may for its nearly 2900 members at volvos new river valley truck assembly operations in dublin virginia talks began for an agreement in february volvo said in a statement that the uaws decision was difficult to understand but it was confident of reaching a deal with the union advt the new river valley plant employs more than 3300 people it has added more than a thousand jobs since the last union agreement in 2016 and is expected to add nearly 600 positions in 2021 volvo said reuters published on jun 7 2021 at 1003 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app volvo ab labor agreement strike labor deal united auto workers homenewsindustrystrike resumes at volvos virginia operations after uaw rejects labor deal