The strike threatening Tower Automotive would affect Chrysler, the automaker’s chief executive Tom LaSorda told Dow Jones at the Chicago motor show this week.

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Chrysler, GM and Ford are Tower’s main customers.


Tower is in bankruptcy and is seeking to cancel existing labour contracts under bankruptcy laws, and cut wages by US$1.50 and $3.00 an hour. It also wants to reduce workers’ health care benefits by around a third.


A court judgement is due on February 27th, so any strike would start in March.

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