4LT GS RoadsterThe effects of the United Auto Workers strike at American Axle are spreading through the hobbled domestic auto industry, with one in seven General Motors Corp. workers in the U.S. and Canada idled by the walkout.
GM on Friday halted production at three more of its truck plants -- in Flint, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Oshawa, Ontario -- as the week ended with no resolution to the stalemate between the UAW and the Detroit-based parts maker. A Pontiac assembly plant was shut down Wednesday.
About 12,000 GM workers in the U.S. and Canada are temporarily laid off, collecting partial paychecks and waiting to learn when they'll return to work. Nearly a third of GM's U.S. hourly work force could be idled if the strike continues well into next week, analysts say.
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