Members of the United Auto Staff rally for higher wages as contract negotiations start with Dauch Corp. in Three Rivers, Michigan, March 29, 2026.
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DETROIT — Almost 1,000 employees at a Michigan provider plant that makes components for Common Motors pickup vans went on strike Monday after not reaching a brand new contract with the corporate.
The United Auto Staff union on Monday confirmed employees at an axle and elements plant in Three Rivers, Michigan, for Dauch Corp. — previously generally known as American Axle and Manufacturing — walked out of the manufacturing unit and onto picket traces at 12:01 a.m. ET Monday.
The union didn’t launch a full listing of calls for, however mentioned in a press launch Sunday night time that employees are nonetheless attempting to regain wages misplaced throughout the Nice Recession.
“We’ll keep out on strike till this firm involves its senses,” UAW President Shawn Fain mentioned throughout a Sunday video announcement. “The total pressure of the UAW worldwide union can be standing with these employees. So, American Axle, time is up. No contract, no axles.”
The union mentioned longtime employees who had been making as a lot as $29 an hour noticed their wages slashed to $14.50 in 2008. Present wages high out at $22 an hour after a five-year development, the union mentioned.
A spokesman for Dauch in an emailed assertion referred to as the strike “disappointing.” He didn’t instantly reply to a query about bargaining particulars.
Three Rivers, Michigan USA, 29 March 2026, Members of the United Auto Staff rally for higher wages as contract negotiations start with American Axle (aka Dauch Corp.).
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“The corporate believes that the very best outcomes for everybody — our associates, the union, and the corporate — are reached on the bargaining desk. We stay dedicated to negotiating with the union in good religion and hope to promptly attain a good settlement,” the corporate assertion learn.
A spokesman for GM mentioned the automaker “is intently monitoring the scenario” and “assessing any potential influence.” As of Monday, manufacturing at GM’s crops was working as regular.
The impacted plant produces axles for GM’s Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickup vans in addition to its heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. Different manufacturing contains smaller elements for the Detroit automaker’s light-duty Silverado and Sierra pickups in addition to components of Stellantis’ Chrysler Pacifica minivan, a union spokesman confirmed.
Stellantis didn’t instantly reply to a request to remark.
Josh Jager, a 24-year American Axle worker and chairman of the bargaining committee for UAW Native 2093, which represents the hanging employees, advised the Wall Road Journal that GM seems to have about two weeks’ price of axles in inventory.
