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March 7, 2008
MORAINE - The United Auto Workers strike against American Axle & Manufacturing will force the layoff of more than 1,000 workers from the DMAX plant.
The layoff at the Dryden Road plant will begin Monday, March 10,
said Courtney Strickler, a plant spokeswoman.
The UAW struck Detroit-based American Axle Feb. 26. The strike has slowed or stopped production in at least nine General Motors Corp. plants typically supplied by American Axle, including the SUV assembly plant across Ohio 741 from DMAX.
Since the strike has also halted production at GM plants in Pontiac and Flint, Mich. — plants which DMAX supplies with truck engines — the DMAX plant is affected, as well, Strickler said.
"When our customers go down, that's kind of like a chain reaction for us," Strickler said.
Negotiators for the UAW and American Axle were to return to the table Thursday. About 3,600 UAW workers at five American Axle plants are striking.
"We will react when our customers are giving us orders again," Strickler said.
She said the $69 million expansion GM is building at the DMAX plant to prepare for production of a new engine is unaffected by the strike.
Assembly plants in Pontiac and Flint make the GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Topkick, among other models.
Although the Associated Press has reported that auto parts producers Delphi and Tenneco have laid off workers as a result of the strike, Delphi spokesman Brad Jackson said Thursday the strike hasn't yet affected Dayton-area plants. He didn't know how long that would continue.
"All we can do is keep evaluating our schedules as they come in," Jackson said.
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