Poll On Continuing Or Ending The Strike After Friday, Nov. 19

Dear SWC,

We are now two weeks into our strike, and we are soliciting your opinion about the direction of the strike. This poll will be used to determine whether the union conducts a secret ballot vote to end the strike. This poll will ask if you would like the strike to continue after Friday, November 19. The deadline for responding to this poll is tomorrow, Nov 18 at 5pm.

An identical poll will be sent out every week for the duration of the strike. The weekly poll closes at 5pm every Thursday. The broad results of the poll will be announced on Thursday.

If the poll this week shows that a majority of those currently withholding paid labor AND a majority of those not currently withholding paid labor support ending the strike, we will conduct a secret ballot vote to end the strike starting the evening of Friday, November 12 to the morning of Sunday, November 14. The secret ballot is a binding vote that will end our strike if a majority of voters support doing so.

The Process Committee, in consultation with the Organizing Committee, has developed this procedure for determining whether to continue striking. The poll is in fulfillment of our bylaws, and the secret ballot vote is in fulfillment of the UAW constitution.

At this time, the Bargaining Committee recommends continuing the strike.

Solidarity,

Process Committee