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G.M. Workers Begin Walkout Over Contract Impasse

DETROIT — Members of the United Automobile Workers union walked off the job today at General Motors plants across the country after union leaders and company officials failed to reach an agreement in contentious talks on a new contract, according to the New York Times.

It is the first national strike by the union since 1970. That strike, also against G.M., lasted for two months. The U.A.W. last struck G.M. at two plants in Flint, Mich., in 1998, in a strike that went on for seven weeks.

The union’s president, Ron Gettelfinger, said the union would go back to the bargaining table today. “This is nothing we wanted,” he said. “Nobody wins in a strike.”

Posted by Peter C. T. Elsworth  at 1:20 PM to Auto industry , Unions | Permalink

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