UAW union membership to make decision on Cummins' proposal May 18, could end strike May 27

OSHKOSH – The strike astatine Cummins could beryllium coming to an extremity arsenic aboriginal arsenic Memorial Day.

Two months aft walking disconnected the job, 85 United Auto Workers national members are acceptable to conscionable May 18 to determine whether to judge a bundle to instrumentality to enactment astatine Cummins’ manufacturing plant, 1005 High Ave.

UAW Local 291 President Ryan Compton confirmed the quality pursuing 3 days of negotiations with a five-member Cummins squad astatine the Hilton Garden Inn.

UAW Local 291 president describes Cummins negotiations arsenic 'below average.'

Describing negotiations arsenic “below average,” Compton said the 2 sides inactive don’t person a tentative agreement, but the workers would apt study to enactment May 27 if national rank accepted Cummins’ proposal.

“At this point, I person nary thought which mode this is going to fly,” said Compton of the May 18 national gathering portion refusing to spell into the details of Cummins’ package.

“We’re surviving close now, but I would accidental we are inactive connected onslaught arsenic we don’t person thing acceptable successful stone,” helium said.

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Why are UAW members connected onslaught astatine Cummins successful Oshkosh?

It’s been 2 months since UAW rank initially went connected onslaught March 18 implicit concerns astir moving connected a labour declaration that expired Jan. 29. The national besides had issues with temp connection and moving mandatory Saturdays.

UAW Local 291 staged a rally astir a period ago, with signaling caput Tony Bertzyk revealing the 2 parties were past inactive “worlds apart” successful negotiations.

Cummins and the national held a virtual gathering April 1 and were scheduled to instrumentality to the array 3 weeks later.

The 2 sides past met successful idiosyncratic May 13-15 astatine the Hilton Garden Inn for what Cummins Director of External Communications and Public Relations Melinda Koski said were “good-faith negotiations.”

“We stay committed to exploring each options to scope a mutually acceptable statement portion maintaining transparent connection with employees, customers and stakeholders,” Koski said successful a connection to the Northwestern.

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What does Cummins bash and however galore workers are employed astatine the Oshkosh plant?

With office successful Michigan, Cummins specializes successful designing and producing diesel substance engines and generators portion supplying powerfulness procreation solutions.

Koski revealed the Oshkosh works employs 129 workers portion the institution has much than 3,700 work locations worldwide and much than 600 distributor branches operating successful 190 countries.

As of December 2023, Cummins employed astir 75,500 workers.

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