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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 (GM) have walked out on strike after contract talks failed to reach an agreement. | |
| Workers began forming pickets outside five GM plants in the US as a deadline for a deal passed, although the UAW has not officially called a strike yet. | |
| 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 from GM. | |
| I don't think there's any big, hidden pile of money that management is keeping from the unions Peter Jankovskis, Oakbrook Investments class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/guides/457000/457029/html/default.stm">Key facts: Global Car Industry | |
| 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. | Since then they have been working without a formal contract as talks continued. |
| The strike does not affect GM workers outside America. | The strike does not affect GM workers outside America. |
| Bogged down | |
| The UAW wants the talks with GM to come up with a contract that can then be followed by Chrysler and Ford. | The UAW wants the talks with GM to come up with a contract that can then be followed by Chrysler and Ford. |
| "I don't think there's any big, hidden pile of money that management is keeping from the unions, so it's a little bit surprising that they would have gone to this extent," said Peter Jankovskis from Oakbrook Investments in Illinois. | |
| It has been reported that the talks became bogged down on Sunday because the union wanted guarantees that new vehicles and models will be built in the US. | |
| It is the first time that UAW has called a nationwide strike during contract negotiations since 1976, when Ford plants were shut down. |