General Motors has lost $660 million so far since the start of the United Auto Workers union strike, according to a Michigan research firm specializing in the auto industry. The strike has entered its fourth week, with no immediate end in sight.
GM has lost $660 million so far since the start of the strike, according to Anderson Economic Group, a Michigan research firm specializing in the auto industry. But those losses are getting worse by the day. "Daily losses started off slow at under $10 million per day," said Patrick Anderson, the firm's CEO."However we're looking at GM losses spiraling up to $90 million daily as the strike continues into its fourth week.
With GM's credit rating just one step above junk bond status, a downgrade would cause it problems and raise its cost of borrowing going forward.A GM spokesman said the company could not comment on the cost of the strike in advance of its earnings report later this month.
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