American Axle strike to sideline some 1000 GM Willow Run employees

The possibility of 1000 workers being temporarily laid off grows with each hour the American Axle plant remains on strike. According to spokesperson Daphne Adams:

462 workers at Ypsilanti Transmission Operations, which makes six-speed transmissions, will be laid off. Portions of the Willow Run transmission plant will also be affected, as 521 tradesman and people who work on the 4L80 transmission and two converters will be laid off.

The layoffs would impact basically one third of the Willow Run workforce.

Here's to a short strike at American Axle.