American Axle strike in 11th week

On strike since Feb. 26. WW photo: Alan Pollock

The strikers at American Axle Manufacturing and Holdings (AAM) are still standing firm and are fighting against any concessions as they enter their 11th week on strike. And support continues to roll in from labor-community-student organizations.

The Michigan Committee Against War and Injustice (MECAWI) was out on their solidarity day on May 4. MECAWI has chosen Sunday afternoons for its members to come as a group to support the strikers. Individual members stop by the picket line daily. Other community organizations, such as Michigan Welfare Rights, are engaging in similar group action on Tuesdays.

Kim Greene of MECAWI, who has participated on the picket line at various times, told Workers World, “Our group is about supporting what we consider any injustice in the world and we consider what’s happening to the strikers unjust, so we’re out here to support them in any way we can.”

UNITE HERE brought a delegation to the AAM picket line in Detroit on May 5. This labor solidarity happens daily as UAW members and other union members throughout the Midwest and beyond stop by the picket lines and drop off provisions at the union hall to support their sisters and brothers at AAM.

The UAW has also been on strike for three weeks at the Lansing, Mich., Delta Township crossover assembly plant, which produces Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook, and has just begun a strike at the plant in Kansas that produces the Malibu line.

—Bryan G. Pfeifer