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Detroit automakers and union leaders spar over 4,800 layoffs at non-striking factories_我的网站

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B | DETROIT -- Detroit's three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes, which have lasted for nearly four weeks.The companies say the strikes have nevertheless forced them to impose those layoffs. They note that the job cuts have occurred mainly at factories that make parts for assembly plants that were closed by strikes. In one case, layoffs have been imposed at a factory that uses supplies from a parts factory on strike.The UAW rejects that argument. It contends that the layoffs are unjustified and were imposed as part of the companies' pressure campaign to persuade UAW members to accept less favorable terms in negotiations with automakers. The factories that have been affected by layoffs are in six states: Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana and New York. Sam Fiorani, an analyst with AutoForecast Solutions, a consulting firm, said he thinks the layoffs reflect a simple reality: The automakers are losing money because of the strikes. By slowing or idling factories that are running below their capacities because of strike-related parts shortages, Fiorani said, the companies can mitigate further losses.“It doesn’t make sense to keep running at 30% or 40% of capacity when it normally runs at 100%,” he said. “We’re not looking at huge numbers of workers relative to the ones actually being struck. But there is fallout.”In a statement, Bryce Currie, vice president of Americas manufacturing at Ford, said: “While we are doing what we can to avoid layoffs, we have no choice but to reduce production of parts that would be destined for a plant that is on strike."UAW President Shawn Fain countered in a statement that the automakers were using layoffs to pressure the union into settling the strike. With billions in profits, Fain argued, the companies don’t have to lay off a single employee.The UAW began striking against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis on Sept. 15, with one assembly plant from each company. The next week, the union expanded the strike to 38 GM and Stellantis parts warehouses. Assembly plants from Ford and GM were added the week after that. All told, about 25,000 workers have walked off their jobs at the three automakers. Striking workers are receiving $500 a week from the union’s strike pay fund. By contrast, anyone who is laid off would qualify for state unemployment aid, which, depending on a variety of circumstances, could be less or more than $500 a week. “Their plan won’t work,” Fain said. “The UAW will make sure any worker laid off in the Big Three’s latest attack will not go without an income.”GM said it has laid off 2,330 workers, including 1,600 at a temporarily closed assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas, that makes the Chevrolet Malibu sedan and Cadillac XT4 small SUV. The plant uses metal parts produced at the GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri, which is on strike. Other GM facilities that have been affected by layoffs are in Lockport, New York; Toledo, Ohio; Marion, Indiana; Parma, Ohio; and Lansing, Michigan.Ford said it has laid off 1,865 workers. They include 600 auto-body and parts-stamping employees in Wayne, Michigan, who are not on strike but who have been affected by a nearby assembly plant that has been struck. Other Ford locations with layoffs include Chicago; Sterling Heights and Livonia, Michigan; and Cleveland and Lima, Ohio. Stellantis said late Monday that it had laid off about 640 workers, including 520 at an engine factory complex in Trenton, Michigan, that supplies a Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, that is on strike. Other locations with layoffs include a metal casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana, and a machining factory in Toledo. Fiorani said that if the strike widens, more workers will likely be laid off at non-striking plants. Once metal stamping factories that supply multiple assembly plants have produced enough parts for non-striking facilities, the companies would likely shut them down.“Once you've filled up the stocks for the other plants you supply," he said, “you have to lay off the workers and wait out the strike.”Separate companies that manufacture parts for the automakers are likely to have laid off workers but might not report them publicly, said Patrick Anderson, CEO of the Anderson Economic Group in Lansing, Michigan. A survey of parts supply companies by a trade association called MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers found that 30% of members have laid off workers and that more than 60% expect to start layoffs in mid-October.Fiorani said that while larger parts suppliers can likely withstand the strike, smaller companies that make parts for the bigger companies might not have enough cash or the ability to borrow to outlast the job actions. Some, he said, may have a couple dozen workers “and don't have billions in value to use as collateral in loans,” he said. Thus far, the union has decided to target a small number of plants from each company rather than have all 146,000 UAW members at the automakers go on strike at the same time.Last week, the union reported progress in the talks and decided not to add any more plants. This came after GM agreed to bring joint-venture electric vehicle battery factories into the national master contract, almost assuring that the plants will be unionized.Battery plants are a major point of contention in the negotiations. The UAW wants those plants to be unionized to assure jobs and top wages for workers who will be displaced by the industry's ongoing transition to electric vehicles.。　　据不完全统计，我市现有运动木地板产业链加工企业约230余家，其中抚顺县约180余家，新宾及其他县区约50余家，从业企业拥有固定资产约12亿元，带动产业链上下游相关从业人员2万余人，从业工人月平均工资超过3000元。

C | 　　目前，我市运动木地板产业在国内同行业中稳居领先地位，运动地板生产企业120多家，约占国内该行业从业企业数量的60%；运动地板产销量高达600万平方米，约占国内市场的60%。2023年11月，我市荣获了“中国运动地板产业基地”的称号，成为国内唯一获此殊荣的城市，进一步凸显了我市在运动地板行业的领先地位和影响力。全市涌现出以东体运动、连升地板、东奥体育为代表的一批运动地板企业，在业内享有“实木地板看南浔，运动地板看抚顺”的美誉。

D | 　　据了解，我市运动木地板生产企业主要集中在抚顺县救兵镇，新宾满族自治县榆树乡、南杂木镇，新抚区千金乡等地区。其中，以抚顺县救兵镇拥有的运动地板相关企业数量最多，达到了55家，全市占比最大，拥有坚实的产业基础和广阔的发展空间。

E | 2023年，抚顺县救兵镇运动地板产业实现了1.8亿元的产值，行业平均利润率保持在4%至10%之间，贡献了614万元的税收。抚顺县投入资金2.2亿元，在救兵镇建设了木业及新材料产业园区，配套出台了落户优惠政策，进一步吸引产业集聚，提升发展水平。　　依托“中国运动地板产业基地”的金名片，我市正围绕运动地板产业，优化资源配置，延伸产业链条，培植骨干企业，加速生产要素集聚和产业升级，引导产业聚集，不断提升全市运动木地板产业发展水平和竞争能力。力争到2030年我市运动木地板及上下游产业总产值达到50亿元，成为中国最重要的运动地板制造基地和主要研发、检测基地，努力打造名副其实的“中国运动地板之都”，为体育强国建设贡献抚顺力量。