About 90 UAW members are on strike in Oshkosh

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Union says strike is in response to delayed negotiations on new collective bargaining agreement

By Joe Schulz
March 19, 2025


Members of United Auto Workers Local 291 hold signs in the pouring rain on High Avenue in Oshkosh on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. They went on strike March 18 to try to speed up contract negotiations with Cummins Inc. Joe Schulz/WPR

About 90 members of the United Auto Workers in Oshkosh went on strike Tuesday in response to what they say have been delayed negotiations on a new union contract.

The UAW Local 291 members work for Indiana-based Cummins Inc. at the company’s drivetrain and braking systems plant in Oshkosh. Ryan Compton, president of the local union, said they produce heavy duty axles for construction and military vehicles at the plant.

Compton said the company came to the bargaining table just one day before the contract expired in late January. He said the union has met with the company nine times in-person and “one-and-a-half times virtually.” But last week, he said the company told the union it wouldn’t meet in-person again until late April.

Since late January, he said the workers have been operating under their previous collective bargaining agreement.

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