Despite GM’s stepping in with $200 million in an effort to end the three-month old UAW worker strike at American Axle, talks are in a standstill. The supplier on Tuesday said talks with the UAW have been non-existent since Sunday, with issues stemming around health-care benefits and supplemental unemployment benefits.
“There are very few remaining issues separating the parties from reaching agreement,” the company said, according to an Automotive News report. The two bargaining parties made progress on numerous other issues over the weekend, says American Axle.
The UAW had asked for a signing bonus of $5,000 for each new worker and one-time buyouts that can total up to $140,000 for current employees to leave American Axle.
The 3,650-mployee strike has mainly affected GM’s full-size truck and SUV production, with a smaller effect on sedan sales.
05/14, 8:52 AM
posted by:
Madcapp
Chinese Axle talks in full effect.
05/14, 8:58 AM
posted by:
Kenny W
Mexican Axle talks are already over & they’re turning a record profit!
05/14, 9:02 AM
posted by:
Fletch
Plans are in the works to move tooling to Guanajuato.
05/14, 9:28 AM
posted by:
lucklaster
American auto workers – time to go back and get your GED.
05/14, 9:50 AM
posted by:
xyunya
I think GM created its own headache. If they would not revert to absurd laden salaries for their execs, rank and file would not have a bone to grind. Union lads are not known for wild imaginations: my guess they are asking same raise for 3650 members in total as much as Wagoner and Lutz got between 2 of them.
I know American Axle is not GM, but this strike affects ONLY GM. We haven’t read anything affecting Chrysler or Ford or Toyota. If American Axle has only one customer and that customer is willing to part with 200 mils to settle the strike, there is more then meets the eye.
05/14, 10:07 AM
posted by:
thart66
Hostage negotiations at a standstill
05/14, 10:12 AM
posted by:
jdasch1
$5000 signing bonus for new hires??? $140k golden net to leave the company??? Good god people…these are factory workers!! Good for American Axle to fight these quirky ridiculous perks. In this world business climate it does now make sense to get these axles from Mexico and other countries. The Union’s here in North America better wake up and see whats happening to their numbers…going down like our economy. Someday one of these companies will break the Union and then another etc, etc. The time is now!!
05/14, 11:16 AM
posted by:
Buhbye
American Axle HAD contracts with other companies than GM. The part I’m familiar with went to another company in the U.S.. Understand that in manufacturing, there are back-up sources for virtually every part and operation. When one source goes down or fails, another is switched on. American Axle will not get this business back, nor will they be allowed to quote on other parts. Too unstable.
05/14, 11:41 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Anyone know the main suppliers of similar components to Ford and Chrysler?
05/14, 1:36 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
I feel sooo bad for GM by not handling their contracts in a timely matter, you people have no idea what goes on in this game of **** on me and i’ll **** you over. Don’t hate because you have no control over your job status, it must suck to get fired because your boss feels like it, but most of you can take your “skills” somewhere else. Fired on friday new job on Monday.
05/14, 3:07 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Dude, everyone says these guys don’t “have” to work for GM. Well, GM doesn’t “have” to hire them. GM hires them because they give them the BEST DEAL. They aren’t going to contract to someone that is going to charge more money whether it’s money to : relocate, retool, wages, benefits, taxes, buy new machinery etc. They use AA because AA cuts them the biggest break. As far as the union goes, I have no idea why unions go bad as far as if it’s the workers creating the problem or the union management. I’m guessing it’s the management because they ALWAYS have “better” ideas and ways of doing things than the people actually DOING the work. There are alot of union guys that work hard and the times they don’t is because the union big shots see them as “taking away someone esle’s job security”.
05/14, 3:54 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/BIZ/805140457 …..greedy ****ers(sarcasm)
05/14, 11:58 PM
posted by:
maxcar
they’re just going to make more crappy auto parts