The strike against General Motors is now into a fourth day.þþTensions are rising as a United Auto Workers official says about seven to nine union picketers were arrested for blocking a roadway at a GM plant in Tennessee.þþThe arrests came Wednesday at the Spring Hill plant, according to Local UAW Chairman Mike Herron.þþAuthorities asked the protesters multiple times to get out of the road. Herron said he believes the protesters were afraid trucks might get into the plant.þþHerron said at a news conference that police and the sheriff's department have done a fantastic job and have been supportive during the ongoing strike.þþHe said arrests take the union off its message.þþMeanwhile, the strike by 49,000 United Auto Workers is starting to affect production in other countries.þþCompany spokesman Dan Flores confirms that the strike has forced GM to place about 1,200 workers on temporary layoff at a Canadian factory that makes pickup trucks.þþThe plant in Oshawa, Ontario, near Toronto makes the previous generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickups.þþThe Silverado is GM's top-selling vehicle in the U.S.þþThe plant also makes the Chevrolet Impala large car, and that production has not been affected.þþFlores says production continues at two other Canadian plants which make engines and the Chevrolet Equinox SUV.þþHe says parts shortages due to the strike have not affected production in Mexico.þþThe Associated Press has contributed to this article.
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