Drastic wage cuts drive UAW members to picket American Axle & Manufacturing

FOR MORE THAN TWO months, 3,600 United Auto Workers (UAW) members have walked picket lines in Detroit, Three Rivers, Mich., and upstate New York. The strike at American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM), a major supplier of truck and sport-utility axles for General Motors (GM), is shaping up as a line-in-the-sand campaign for the embattled union.

The strike began Feb. 26, when AAM demanded steep wage concessions, from $27 per hour to $14 per hour. In order to stay in business, AAM says, it must secure "competitive" labor costs. "AAM is simply asking for the same changes the UAW has already agreed to with our U.S. ...

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