UAW American Axle Strike Begins To Shut Down GM Plants - 02/29/08
28th February 2008
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A strike by the UAW at American Axle caused by the company attacking wages and benefits is forcing the shutdown of GM’s Pontiac, Michigan Truck and Bus plant. The unfair labor practices strike is about defending the livelihoods of thirty-six hundred workers and their families. American Axle is profitable – it made $37 million last year – but it’s trying to cut wages in half and wipe out retiree health benefits and defined benefit pensions for future retirees. Eighty percent of American Axle’s business is with GM. So if the strike is a long one, it could shut down GM production.