The United Auto Workers strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers is rapidly rippling outward to roil companies and workers far beyond the picket lines, the Washington Post reported. The strike to date includes only about 17 percent of the UAW’s 150,000 autoworker members, with the union ordering the rest to continue working for now. But Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have also temporarily laid off nearly 4,000 nonstriking workers whose plants depend on striking facilities — including another 400 laid off from Ford, according to a late Wednesday announcement. The spillover effects are hitting automotive suppliers hard, with some firms in Michigan and Ohio resorting to temporary layoffs and warning that bankruptcy looms if the strike carries on much longer. More than 3,000 supplier employees have been affected so far, a Washington Post tally shows, while an industry association says nearly 30 percent of its supplier members have resorted to layoffs.
