GM, Union Resume Talks; Strikes Continue

General Motors Corp. and United Auto Workers negotiators continued national contract talks as costly strikes by 7,550 workers at two plants were putting increased pressure on the auto maker. Workers at GM’s Janesville, Wis., truck assembly plant and Indianapolis metal-stamping plant walked off the job Tuesday, citing disagreements with the company in local contract discussions. The walkouts will cost GM several million dollars a day in profit, analysts said. The 4,800 Janesville strikers shut down a plant that builds GM’s most profitable vehicles--the Suburban, Tahoe and Yukon full-size sport-utility vehicles--as well as medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Not all UAW locals are having trouble. Local 652 in Lansing, Mich., representing 10,000 GM workers at three plants, settled with the company Wednesday.