Author: Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press

About 40 to 50 UAW members chanted “no product, no vote,” saying they would reject their proposed deal with GM if the Lordstown plant remains closed.

The proposed tentative agreement between GM and UAW includes the creation and retention of 9,000 jobs, wage hikes; keeping Detroit-Hamtramck open.

GM’s executives have until Thursday to draft a provisional plan that UAW leaders will accept and turn into a tentative agreement for its members.

Ford and FCA workers pay close attention to GM-UAW talks knowing they could be next. They also volunteer to join the picket line, donate goods.

UAW and General Motors bargainers were at it until around 3 a.m. Thursday before recessing and resuming talks midmorning.

General Motors’ much-anticipated redesigned Corvette Stingray will be delayed going on sale because of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike.

The UAW’s lead negotiator with GM says the negotiations still need to address wages, job security and pension issues.

The UAW’s nationwide strike against GM has cost the company about $1 billion.
But GM can withstand the loss because of what it stands to gain.

On Tuesday, GM idled its plant in Silao, Mexico that builds Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups due to a parts shortage from the UAW strike.

UAW strikers are preparing for a long strike against GM as talks move to day eight. Here is what one local is doing to help its members endure.