The strike is in its fourth week and is taking a toll on UAW members and their families who are making about $250 a week in strike pay.

Options can be limited for some customers, depending on the parts they need to get their vehicles fixed.

Contract talks hit a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members.

Companies have celebrated Manufacturing Day since 2012 as a way to address the misconceptions about manufacturing jobs being dirty or tedious.

The use of temporary workers continues to be one of the top discussion points, as the national union leadership and GM officials negotiate.

Indiana has about $900 million invested in the aerospace industry and experts believe that number can grow.

GM Fort Wayne Assembly union workers say they are prepared to strike for as long as it takes to get a new contract. Meanwhile, employees at companies relying on the GM plant face their own challenges.

Metal forming company Brinco says it plans to invest $38.5 million in manufacturing equipment and $13.5 million in real estate.

The facility produces off-highway gears to help power equipment including field sprayers for crops and aerial lifts.

The move comes after failing to agree to a new contract with General Motors over wages, health care and profit-sharing. Nearly 50,000 workers will be affected when production halts.