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No Progress in UAW-GM Talks
The United Auto Workers Union says contract talks with General Motors Co. soured over the weekend when GM rejected the UAW’s latest proposal.
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The United Auto Workers Union says contract talks with General Motors Co. soured over the weekend when GM rejected the UAW’s latest proposal.
Union members were told yesterday by Terry Dittes, who heads the UAW’s GM department, that negotiations had “taken a turn for the worse.” His assessment two days earlier was that the two sides were making “good progress.”
The UAW has been on strike against GM since Sept. 16.
Reuters says one of the latest stumbling blocks involves a UAW demand that GM make stronger commitments about future product plans on a plant-by-plant basis. GM has said its U.S. labor costs are already the highest among its rivals, and so it wants flexibility about building some models in cheaper countries.
The union reportedly also wants greater job security measures, better terms for temporary and entry-level hourly workers and twice the 2% pay increase that GM has offered.
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