G.M. Workers Begin Walkout Over Contract Impasse
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The first national strike against G.M. by the auto workers union since 1970 began today after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on a contract.
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Labor and management have hit an impasse, which has included union threats of a strike over better working conditions, protection of health and other benefits.
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Talks between the United Automobile Workers and General Motors appeared close to an impasse Sunday night.
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More than 73,000 General Motors Corp workers walked off the job on Monday after marathon contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and GM stalled and the union called the first national strike since 1970 against the top U.S. automaker.
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General Motors Corp  and the  United Auto Workers union broke off negotiations early on  Friday and agreed to return to the bargaining table later in  the day, as 73,000 GM workers returned for another day of work  without a new contract.
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Workers at an Adam Opel AG plant in Germany whose stoppage in protest at threatened job cuts has forced two other factories to a halt planned to decide Wednesday whether to end their walkout.
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Negotiators from General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers union made progress on Saturday toward a new contract but faced unresolved issues as both sides hunkered down for longer-running talks.
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United Auto Workers union- represented workers at plants in Michigan and Ohio began walking off the job and organizing pickets as a strike against General Motors Corp began on Monday.
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Union workers went out on strike Wednesday morning at four San Francisco hotels, their contract bargaining having stalled over differences about wages, pensions and the term of a contract.
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Negotiators for the United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp were back at the bargaining table on Monday after breaking in the early hours of the day, as thousands of GM factory employees went to work without a new contract.
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The decision by employees of the SocietÃ© des alcools du QuÃ©bec employees to walk off the job was taken during a pause in the contract negotiations.
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Employees at General Motors&#39; Opel plant in Bochum, Germany, refused to resume work yesterday, extending a stoppage that began last Thursday in protest at the carmaker&#39;s plan to cut jobs, a union official said.
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DETROIT - Thousands of United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors plants yesterday in the first nationwide strike against the US auto industry since 1976.
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Thousands of employees at General Motors Corp.'s European factories staged protests Tuesday against the automaker's plan to slash 12,000 jobs across the continent, while a shortage of parts from a striking German plant forced two other factories to stop production.
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RUESSELSHEIM - Top Opel management and labour officials began talks Monday on the plans by General Motors to axe 10,000 jobs at the carmaker, while workers at one of the company&#39;s main plants in Bochum continued a walkout.
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Negotiators for the U.A.W. and G.M. met here today ahead of a midnight contract deadline as workers at local unions across the country prepared for a possible strike.
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Public services across part of Italy have been brought to a standstill as workers take to the streets to protest against the government&#39;s economic policies.