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A GM plant in Delta Township near Lansing that makes strong-selling crossover vehicles went on strike April 17, and other UAW locals in Wyoming and Warren, Mich., and Mansfield, Ohio, are negotiating. They say the will give GM 12-hour notice if they plan to strike.
Industry analysts have speculated that the UAW is trying to pressure GM to coax American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. into ending a bitter nine-week strike.
GM accounts for 80 percent of American Axle's parts business. About 3,600 UAW workers at five American Axle plants have been on strike since Feb. 26. Negotiations are continuing and progress has been reported.
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If this is the motive for the strike, and not the seniority issue, as the local UAW office is suggesting, then I think this kind of behavior reinforces the negative stereotypes that UAW members live with. In that sense, it seems deserved.
In the mean time, Toyota, Nissan and Honda will gladly fill unsold Malibu orders. Sad that the UAW is doing this to their members, and members gladly follow. When the UAW claims it has leverage, it may with GM specifically, but it has long since lost its leverage in the industry.