GM Assembly Lines grind to a hault

[DainBramaged]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8088

As American Axle strike continues, nearly 30 GM Assembly Lines grind to a hault

More assembly lines at GM plants ground to a halt on Monday as the United Auto Workers strike against parts maker, American Axle, continues. GM was projecting that by the end of Monday 29 plants would be idling impacting nearly half of GM’s North American workforce. American Axle and representatives for the 3600 employees at the company sat down at the bargaining table starting on Thursday and have been negotiating ever since. The workers walked off the job on February 26 to fight attempts by the company to slash pay from $23.84 per hour on average down to $14 per hour. The plan also include serious cuts to health benefits and pensions. 80 percent of American Axle’s business is with General Motors. GM says it has a healthy inventory and can weather a strike lasting two or three months.


Having a "healthy" inventory and the right inventory are two completely different things altogether. Shut those lines down let the world know American Axle is anti-Union and anti-middle class.

[Speck Tater]

1. GM will buy those axles from Mexico, and even the $14 jobs will be gone.

It's too late to save America. It's already on the path to third-world status.

[liberal4truth]

2. Yellow/Roadway Corp. did the same with the Teamsters Union contract...

this year. They developed a new classification of road driver called a "Utility Driver", whom will slowly replace the line drivers who currently make almost the same wages as the American Axle employees do/did.

The hourly wages for a new "utility driver" doing almost all of the duties that current line drivers do, will be $14.00 per hour.

Coincidence? I think not.

Pretty sad, when even the Teamster Union won't fight for their members anymore:-(