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| General Motors workers on strike | General Motors workers on strike |
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| United Auto Workers (UAW) union members at General Motors have walked out on strike after contract talks failed to reach an agreement. | United Auto Workers (UAW) union members at General Motors have walked out on strike after contract talks failed to reach an agreement. |
| The union had set a deadline of 1100 in Detroit (1500 GMT) on Monday to reach a deal on cost-cutting plans. | |
| The carmaker wants staff to give up some of their expensive benefits such as pensions and health insurance. | The carmaker wants staff to give up some of their expensive benefits such as pensions and health insurance. |
| In return the union wants assurances on job security and for GM to commit to maintaining production in the US. | In return the union wants assurances on job security and for GM to commit to maintaining production in the US. |
| GM employs 73,000 UAW members whose contracts expired on Friday 14 September. | |
| Since then they have been working without a formal contract as talks continued. | |
| The strike does not affect GM workers outside America. | |
| The UAW wants the talks with GM to come up with a contract that can then be followed by Chrysler and Ford. |