UAW Workers On The Job – But Strike Threat Looms

DETROIT (AP) – The four-year contract between General Motors and the United Auto Workers expired Saturday, but workers were told to report to jobs as negotiations continued and the prospect  of a national strike loomed.  The union let the contract lapse, raising the possibility of a strike as early as Sunday night.  There was a wrinkle. About 850 UAW-represented janitors with Aramark, a separate company, went on strike Sunday after working under an extended contract since March 2018.  The strike covered eight GM facilities in Ohio and Michigan. It appeared that GM  workers were crossing picket lines Sunday set up by their own union. The Detroit Free Press reported that GM workers at a Flint, Michigan, truck plant reluctantly passed picketers.  GM said it has contingency plans for the Aramark strike.