GM is hiring temps to keep its operations going, but autoworkers doubt new hires can catch up that quickly.
GM confirmed that salaried employees were reporting to work Tuesday, but said it was “to conduct their normal duties.” The company did not mention that those duties would include supervising scabs doing the work of striking auto workers.
In 2019, the company sent the scabs into this plant through its truck gate. Picketers were able to prevent the scabs from entering for a while, until the company called in the police. After that, the police would let the pickets block each truck for about five minutes, then let it through.Strikers on the picket line were skeptical about what the newly hired scabs will be able to do.
The facility is low-slung, a shiny mix of glass and concrete-gray; it looks similar to an Amazon fulfillment center. Sunday night, workers amassed at four gates walking in little circles as cars honked in support. At Swartz Creek, workers say GM has brought in a new, non-union trucking company, Universal, to transfer trucks from inside the plant to outside the plant, after Teamster truck drivers refused to cross the picket line. “Probably by tomorrow we’ll have non-[union] semi drivers hauling the stuff away,” said a Local 651 member.Brian Schneck is president of UAW Local 259, which represents members who work at 23 GM and Stellantis dealerships.
“I just wish I could be a fly on the wall to see my manager run my machine,” said Kim, who works at the Burton facility; she asked to only use her first name, fearful of management reprisals when she returns to work.
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