General Motors paralysed by strike
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Business & money: Main US car workers' union calls nationwide strike in protest over healthcare benefits and job security.
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BOCHUM, Germany  - Thousands of embittered car  workers rallied across Europe against mass job cuts planned by  General Motors, the world's biggest automaker, as labor unrest  disrupted output at more GM plants Tuesday.
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Two General Motors plants in Canada are forced to close because they rely on parts made by striking US plants.
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Outraged workers in Germany refuse to resume production as automaker seeks to save $623.8Ma year. FRANKFURT, Germany  - General Motors management started negotiations with union leaders Monday over
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GERMANY - European factories of General Motors Inc. launched a massive strike protesting against the planned major job cuts. The automaker has recently released its plans to reduce the number of jobs by 12
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FRANKFURT : General Motors&#39; European restructuring plans are heading for a further rough ride as wildcat strikes to protest the US automaker&#39;s plans to slash 12,000 jobs get set to spread on Tuesday.
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DETROIT - The United Auto Workers set a deadline of 11 a.m. this morning to strike General Motors Corp. if a new contract is not reached, even as the two sides continued bargaining late last night, according to a local union website.
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FLINT, Mich., Sept 24 -- Thousands of workers streamed out into the summer heat here, in this city that has weathered many GM strikes, heading first to union halls and then, armed with picket signs, back to plant gates after the autoworkers union called a national strike.
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Workers at the Opel plant in Bochum, Germany enter their sixth day of &quot;wildcat&quot; strike action in response to planned job cuts by US parent company General Motors (GM).
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The United Auto Workers union on Monday called the first national strike against General Motors Corp since 1970 after contract talks stalled, sending more than 73,000 factory workers to picket lines.
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Union officials said they were left no choice but to strike because General Motors was unwilling to accept the unionâs demand that it protect workersâ jobs and benefits.
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The United Auto Workers union set a Monday morning deadline for reaching a contract deal with General Motors Corp. and threatened to send 73,000 GM factory workers on strike if no deal is reached.
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DETROIT -- Bargainers for General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers took a break early Monday amid optimism that they are getting closer to reaching a critical contract agreement.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Stelco Inc.  STEa.TO has lost a contract to supply steel to General Motors  Inc. GM.N, its biggest customer, because the insolvent  Canadian steelmaker failed to strike a deal with its workers,  the union at Stelco said on Monday.
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General Motors announced yesterday it planned to halt production at its aging Linden assembly plant in February and fire the factory&#39;s remaining 950 workers.
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The United Auto Workers union said on Wednesday it had reached a tentative deal in contract talks with General Motors Corp and recessed a nationwide strike by 73,000 workers that began on Monday.
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Negotiators for the United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp  adjourned labor talks on Monday night, leaving 73,000 GM employees working without a new contract three days after their old one expired.