General Motors workers who build the Chevrolet Malibu, one of G.M.?s most popular and important new vehicles, went on strike Monday at a plant in Kansas after they were unable to reach an agreement with the company on local work rules. It is the second strike by a United Automobile Workers local against G.M. this spring after a decade without any single-plant work stoppages. Workers at a plant that builds crossover vehicles, which are big sellers for G.M., near Lansing, Mich., have been on strike for nearly three weeks. Together, the plants employ about 4,500 people. The two walkouts are in addition to a long strike at one of G.M.?s parts suppliers, American Axle and Manufacturing, which forced G.M. to close many of its truck and sport utility vehicle factories in March and April.
See "Strike Hits G.M. Plant That Makes a Big Seller", Nick Bunkley, The New York Times, May 6, 2008