GM and union could reach a deal to end strike by the weekend, sources say.
As the United Auto Workers strike at General Motors nears its second full week, some headway has been made at the negotiating table, sources told ABC News.
UAW vice president Terry Dittes sent an update to members on Wednesday confirming that"all unsettled proposals are now at the Main Table and have been presented to General Motors, and we are awaiting their response."Nearly 50,000 union workers walked off their jobs on the night of Sept. 15, starting a nationwide strike at General Motors after a previous labor contract expired and negotiations over a new one fell apart.
The strike comes nearly a year after GM announced it was laying off 15 percent of its salaried workers and shuttering five plants in North America. "It includes improved wages and health care benefits, over $7B in U.S. investments and 5,400 jobs," according to a post on GM's Twitter page.
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