UAW ‘Close to a Framework’ for GM Agreement, Official Says

The United Auto Workers union, having extended its contract with General Motors Co. by two days, said it is “very close” to completing negotiations with the automaker on a new accord.

“We are getting very close to a framework for an agreement that will bring our negotiations to a successful conclusion,” Joe Ashton, vice president of the union’s GM department, said today in a memo to members. “I am very optimistic that the negotiations process is entering its final stage.”