UAW workers outside the Delta Township GM plant held their ground Tuesday.
Just across the street, trains and trucks transport newly built cars in and out of the Autoport. No trucks or rail cars moved Tuesday. Supporting UAW workers at the Delta Township Plant, the Teamsters Autoport workers aren't budging.
"We can stop the line, we can stop the hauling of the cars, we can stop the selling of the cars," said Lynne Meade of Teamsters Local 580. "We're all brothers and sisters here and we need to stick together."
Even with UAW workers striking against GM, the company continues to run. With plants in both Mexico and Canada, GM had 950,000 vehicles at the end of August. Still without production, dealers aren't nervous about cars.
"If we have a parts problem, like a wreck, how am I going to get the parts to repair these cars," asked Glenn Buege, owner of Buege Buick & GMC. "We can't possibly stock all the parts we need for wrecked automobiles."
Buege has worked through strikes before. He has three months worth of vehicles, and hopes the strike ends before there's nothing on his lot.
"In Lansing, if there is a strike that lasts a long time, 75% of our business is GM employees or affiliates of GM employees. So it would hurt us tremendously," said Buege.
A hurt that may leave many without any supplies.