The Michigan-based aftermarket auto parts distributor has sued the Trump administration as it faces a tariff on shipments routed through its Juarez, Mexico, facility.

Workers at Detroit Axle have approved a new contract, which the UAW says will boost some wages by as much as 50% over the life of the agreement.

• Timken family moved Timken Roller Bearing Axle Co. to Canton in 1901, because of its proximity to the auto industry in Detroit and Cleveland and to the steel making in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Detroit Axle, a large aftermarket auto parts dealer based in Ferndale, says it may go out of business within weeks unless it gets certain tariff relief on the goods it imports from China.

The contract covers about 400 workers at the Detroit Axle facility in Redford, which builds axles and transmissions. The union members had voted Jan. 15 to authorize a strike, ...

In addition to pay increases, the contract includes profit-sharing and cost-of-living adjustments for the first time at Detroit Axle, according to a news release. The new contract expires on Oct ...

Story by Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press • 11h W orkers at Detroit Axle have approved a new contract, which the UAW says will boost some wages by as much as 50% over the life of the agreement.