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American Axle to Close Plant in Blow to UAW (Unions strike again!)
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 08/18/11 | Jeff Bennett

Posted on 08/18/2011 2:05:10 PM PDT by TonyInOhio

DETROIT–American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. dealt the United Auto Workers a second blow Thursday by announcing the closure of its New York gear-making plant after union rank-and-file members failed to ratify a new contract late last month.

The Cheektowaga plant, employing about 100 hourly and salaried workers, will be shut sometime after Feb. 25, American Axle spokesman Christopher Son said. The announcement comes a month after the company said it will close its Detroit plant after workers there failed to agree to wage cuts. That closure will throw about 300 people out of work.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; US: Michigan; US: New York
KEYWORDS: barackalypse; bhoeconomy; manufacturing; uaw; union; unions
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To: Pessimist
agreed... engineers start companies, salesmen build them, accountants kill them and lawyers bury them...
181 posted on 08/20/2011 4:39:52 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: LeGrande

Scott is that you?


182 posted on 08/22/2011 9:21:07 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (The Democrat Party is a continuing criminal enterprise..)
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