GM Plots Temp-Worker Push With Union Still Seething Over Doomed Plants
- Carmaker is said to want low-wage work pacts at more factories
- United Auto Workers still sore over closings in Michigan, Ohio
Worker inspect pickup truck frames at the General Motors Co. assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, U.S., on Feb. 5, 2019.
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General Motors Co. wants to hire more temporary workers at U.S. plants and trim its health care costs, said people familiar with the automaker’s thinking. Its union -- still steaming over the carmaker’s plans to close four U.S. factories -- has little interest in obliging.
That sets up a hot summer of negotiations for the United Auto Workers and GM as the two try to hash out a new four-year labor deal in the coming months. The last contract was bargained over in better times, when auto sales were growing from financial crisis lows to all-time highs and GM was marching toward record profits.
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GM Plots Temp-Worker Push With Union Still Seething Over Doomed Plants