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By Doug Cunningham

Striking UAW workers at Volvo have reached a tentative agreement to end the walkout The UAW says the agreement was reached Tuesday evening. The strike at Volvo Truck North America began February 1st. Twenty-six hundred workers were on strike.

UAW Vice-President general Holiefield says the solidarity and discipline of members of UAW Local 2069 are what made this agreement possible. Details are being shared first with the striking workers before being made public. The workers must approve the agreement in a ratification vote to end the strike and return to work at the Volvo truck plant in Dublin, Virginia.