United Auto Workers members at an automotive parts supplier in Three Rivers say they’ll strike next week if their employer does not put forth a better deal on a contract by the end of Sunday.
UAW Local 2093 represents workers at the Three Rivers American Axle plant. In 2008, during the Great Recession, members agreed to have their wages cut by as much as half to keep the plant open. That’s according to Josh Jager, the bargaining chairman of the local.
He said American Axle, also known as Dauch Corporation, has never returned wages to pre-recession levels, but added that it could afford to…