Striking United Auto Workers union members are considering a new contract offer from American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. as bargaining continued through the weekend aimed at ending a seven-week strike over company demands for deep pay cuts. About 3,600 UAW members at five American Axle plants in Michigan and New York went on strike Feb. 26 after the auto parts maker proposed cutting hourly wages about in half. It said it needed the cuts to become competitive with other parts makers. Company bargainers gave the UAW a new contract proposal Saturday, American Axle spokeswoman Renee Rogers said Sunday. She said bargainers were resuming talks Sunday. "We put a proposal on the table," Rogers said. "We're expecting we'll get something back. It's a back-and-forth."
See "American Axle makes new offer to United Auto Workers to settle 7-week strike", David N. Goodman, Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 13, 2008