Impact of parts strike widens to 28 GM factories
The strike also could affect Chrysler, which says its Newark, Delaware, assembly plant could be temporarily closed as early as next week.
By Agencies |
DETROIT: The United Auto Workers and auto parts maker American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc negotiated all day on Friday, trying to end an 11-day strike that has affected dozens of factories in the US and Canada.
Company spokeswoman Renee Rogers said negotiations continued late Friday afternoon. She said she did not know what was discussed.
The bargaining came as General Motors Corp said parts shortages from the strike would force it to shut down part or all of 28 assembly and components factories. On Friday, GM added 17 components plants to the growing list and said on its Web site that the affected plants employ more than 37,000 hourly workers.
Factories added Friday included Flint South in Michigan, engines; St. Catherines, Ontario, engines and components; Baltimore, transmissions; Bay City, Michigan, engine and transmission components; Bedford, Ohio, and Defiance, Ohio, casting; Fredericksburg, Virginia, transmission components; and Parma, Ohio, transmission components; two transmission plants in Ypsilanti Township; Tonawanda, New York, engines; and stamping plants in Flint, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Indianapolis, Mansfield, Ohio, Marion, Indiania, and Parma, Ohio.
All 17 additional plants are scheduled to go on partial shutdown starting Monday, the Detroit-based automaker said.
Not all workers at the plants will be laid off, but those who are will get most of their pay and benefits under their contract with GM.
Messages seeking comment were left with the UAW. About 3,600 UAW workers at five American Axle plants in Michigan and New York walked off their jobs Feb. 26 after contract talks broke down over wages and other issues. The strike triggered parts shortages, mainly for GM's pickup trucks, large sport utility vehicles and vans.
GM has said it has an ample supply of the vehicles and that it would take up to 90 days for the strike to affect sales of its flagship pickups, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
Detroit-based American Axle makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars for GM, Chrysler LLC and other automakers. GM, which spun off American Axle in 1994, makes up nearly 80 percent of the company's business.
The strike also could affect Chrysler, which says its Newark, Delaware, assembly plant could be temporarily closed as early as next week.
Company spokeswoman Renee Rogers said negotiations continued late Friday afternoon. She said she did not know what was discussed.
The bargaining came as General Motors Corp said parts shortages from the strike would force it to shut down part or all of 28 assembly and components factories. On Friday, GM added 17 components plants to the growing list and said on its Web site that the affected plants employ more than 37,000 hourly workers.
Factories added Friday included Flint South in Michigan, engines; St. Catherines, Ontario, engines and components; Baltimore, transmissions; Bay City, Michigan, engine and transmission components; Bedford, Ohio, and Defiance, Ohio, casting; Fredericksburg, Virginia, transmission components; and Parma, Ohio, transmission components; two transmission plants in Ypsilanti Township; Tonawanda, New York, engines; and stamping plants in Flint, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Indianapolis, Mansfield, Ohio, Marion, Indiania, and Parma, Ohio.
All 17 additional plants are scheduled to go on partial shutdown starting Monday, the Detroit-based automaker said.
Not all workers at the plants will be laid off, but those who are will get most of their pay and benefits under their contract with GM.
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Messages seeking comment were left with the UAW. About 3,600 UAW workers at five American Axle plants in Michigan and New York walked off their jobs Feb. 26 after contract talks broke down over wages and other issues. The strike triggered parts shortages, mainly for GM's pickup trucks, large sport utility vehicles and vans.
GM has said it has an ample supply of the vehicles and that it would take up to 90 days for the strike to affect sales of its flagship pickups, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
Detroit-based American Axle makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars for GM, Chrysler LLC and other automakers. GM, which spun off American Axle in 1994, makes up nearly 80 percent of the company's business.
The strike also could affect Chrysler, which says its Newark, Delaware, assembly plant could be temporarily closed as early as next week.
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