By John Rummel
The United Auto Workers struck American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday when no deal was reached on a new labor pact. The largest porportion of American Axle parts are for GM’s pickups and SUVs. Affected are 3,600 workers in plants in
At American Axle’s Detroit Manufacturing Complex, sitting on the border of
Alford said the union is charging the company with “unfair labor practices” because they have not provided the union with any information to back up the cuts they are asking workers to take. The union says the company is demanding wage reductions of up to $14 an hour as well as elimination of future retiree health care and defined benefit pensions for active workers.
“We are hard working, working people said Alford. Nobody here is a millionaire except the guy in the big chair. We will be out as long as it takes and we’ll fight every step of the way.”
While Alford said the townsfolk have been great, bringing things like hot coffee to the picket line, the specialty of
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