The Toledo Blade has this report about the supplier strike affecting GM Powertrain plant in Toledo.

This story is on page 2A of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News:
Strike fallout spreading to key GM vehicle plants.
A snippet:
GM confirmed Thursday that the strike will force it to idle the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant after today’s lone shift, and a local union president in Lordstown, Ohio, said Thursday that his complex […]

This story also is in this morning’s headlines. From the Detriot News: United Auto Workers strike American Axle.
A snippet:
The strike sends 3,650 American Axle workers in Michigan and New York to the picket lines and threatens to snarl truck production at General Motors Corp., the parts maker’s largest customer.
Autoworkers who have GM connections may as […]

So … the news breaks late this afternoon that UAW and Chrysler have settled.
Ford employees - are you ready for your turn on the roller coaster?

More on how families can financially cope with the UAW strike …. Detroit Free Press columnist Susan Tompor posted this article this afternoon “What workers can do now to protect their finances.”
Any of you who work for a Chrysler supplier, or who were already off this week because of the Chrysler production slowdown, should be […]

UAW is now on strike against Chrysler. Here’s what I posted for employees and family members when General Motors got its notice, “The strike zone: Here is what you have to do today, Part 1″ and “The strike zone: Here is what you have to do today, Part 2.”
Discussion thread has started at MonroeTalks.com

Are you an autoworker waiting out a temporary factory shutdown? A lot of Monroe County workers are idle this week because of the Chrysler production schedule.
One of the MonroeTalkers on the Autoworker Layoff thread says her family is considering the time off with unemployment checks as a paid vacation for their factory worker. Well, I […]

A temporary production slowdown has started for Chrysler and some of its local suppliers (Monroe Evening News story, Toledo Blade story about Dundee, Toledo Blade story about the Toledo factories).
Now this headline breaks: UAW sets deadline for Chrysler at Detroit News and UAW sets Wednesday strike deadline in Chrysler talks at Detroit Free Press.
From the […]

I woke up to headlines this morning that the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors is over. Given the economic impact that was already being reported for businesses near the plants, a lot of people are relieved that a settlement has been reached.
Now, remember, those of you who were off work for two days […]

Continued from part 1.
If you are out of work or your child support will be held up because of the United Auto Workers strike, here are more household expenses you need to review today.
Internet: I’m surprised as to how many financial experts urge people to drop the Internet plan when finances are tight. That’s just […]