DETROIT – The negotiation process with the United Auto Workers over its strike at the auto components plant in Three Rivers run by the Detroit-based company formerly known as American Axle is “very active,” its chief financial officer said Wednesday.
But the Detroit-based union says the parties haven’t returned to the bargaining table since the strike began, and it’s still waiting on a response from Dauch Corp. to its comprehensive proposal issued Sunday.
Roughly 1,000 employees at the plant that supplies driveline parts for several types of General Motors Co. pickups, as well as some parts that go into the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and to a different auto supplier, have been on strike since early Monday. It’s Dauch’s largest unionized driveline facility with revenues of $20 million to $25 million per week, and there isn’t an alternative site for which to supply parts GM needs, especially for its heavy-duty pickups, said Chris May, the company’s chief financial officer…