General Motors Vehicles Held Hostage by Allied Systems ltd.


General Motors is taking legal action against Allied Systems, Ltd. over a payment dispute that's turned ugly. Somewhere along the way $47 million worth of GM product was "lost", being kept off the dealer lots and out of consumers' hands. The vehicles are currently in limbo, otherwise known as Dearborn, Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Here's the chain of events: 1) Teamsters union wouldn't accept Allied's wage concessions, 2) Allied tries to resolve money issue by charging GM 15% more for services, 3) GM "declines to pay", 4) Allied declines to deliver vehicles.

Dan Flores, a spokesman for the General, said, "Last Thursday Allied Systems ceased providing transportation services to GM. As a result GM took immediate steps to resource the work previously performed by Allied. Allied was in possession of 1,700 vehicles."

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