A General Motors assembly worker pickets outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S., October 10, 2019.
Aid for suppliers has been discussed "since the minute it became clear there could be a strike" but those talks are "premature and fluid," the source said.
Auto suppliers held recent discussions with the White House about the potential impact of a strike and possible options that the Biden administration could tap to help suppliers weather a prolonged strike.
Small suppliers are critical to automakers' supply chains.
Automakers have spent much of the past three years dealing with supply chain disruptions, and are still working to recover.
Persons:
Bryan Woolston, Joe Biden's, Biden, Nandita Bose, David Shepardson, Paul Grant, David Ljunggren, Heather Timmons, Leslie Adler
Organizations:
General Motors, United Auto Workers, UAW, REUTERS, Detroit Three, U.S, Auto, House, Washington Post, Labor Department, Small Business Administration, White, SBA, Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association, Thomson
Locations:
Bowling Green , Kentucky, U.S, Michigan , Ohio, Canadian, Ontario