General Motors managed to avert another strike at one of its plants after an all-night bargaining session with the UAW, reports Automotive News. Although talks were put on hold until 10 a.m. Saturday, the ongoing dialogue means that workers at the Warren, Michigan, transmission plant, which builds six-speed automatic transmissions for front-drive cars, will not go on strike, at least for now.
GM has been at the center of a number of labor disputes in recent weeks. The most notable is the seven week strike at American Axle, which has ground production of GM's trucks and SUVs to a halt and threatened production of the popular Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6.
Labor disputes have also stopped production of the equally-popular Lambda-platform crossovers, the GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook, and Buick Enclave. Production of the vehicles was first stopped on Wednesday after workers at interior supplier Alliance Interiors went on strike, with a second strike hitting the Lansing, Michigan plant itself on Thursday.
Source: Automotive News (subscription required)