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Axle of Evil

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

By John Patrick Leary

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,… return to article

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