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ReprintsAmerican Axle strike idles more GM truck plants
Fort Wayne, Flint and Oshawa to shut down at midnight
Robert Sherefkin
and David Barkholz
Automotive News
February 29, 2008 - 11:09 am ET
UPDATED: 2/29/08 11:50 a.m. EST
DETROIT -- General Motors is shutting production at its Fort Wayne, Flint and Oshawa truck assembly plants around midnight because of parts shortages caused by the UAW strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., a GM spokesman confirmed today. Fort Wayne, Ind., employs about 2,700 workers, and Flint, Mich., employs 3,200, said GM spokesman Tom Wickham. Oshawa, Ontario, employs 3,600. All three plants build Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. GM idled its Pontiac, Mich., truck assembly plant earlier this week. Pontiac also builds those pickups. Wickham declined to speculate when the truck plant in Silao, Mexico, would be shut. The president of UAW Local 276 in Arlington, Texas, stated on the union's Web site today: "We will be one of the last facilities affected. "Plants other than Arlington will begin curtailing production beginning with tonight's night shift," Enrique Flores said in the statement posted on the Web site. Arlington could be shut by March 18, according to the report. Flores could not be reached immediately for further comment. The first plant to shut down in the wake of the strike against American Axle was GM's Pontiac plant, which halted production Thursday afternoon. About 3,600 UAW-represented workers at American Axle went out on strike Tuesday. There have been no negotiations since then. Arlington is about the only GM truck plant working overtime, according to the Automotive News Data Center. The plant builds the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL and Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV. Debra Domby contributed to this report |
You can reach Robert Sherefkin at rsherefkin@crain.com.
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