The United Auto Workers informed General Motors it will terminate its contract at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, effectively setting a deadline for the first auto workers' strike in eight years, UPI reported. The move is seen as a strategic tactic to keep GM and the UAW on task in the talks for a new four-year contract. If a strike does happen, it would be the first in the auto industry since 2007. The Detroit-based company said it is "working with [the UAW] to address the issues and remain committed to obtaining an agreement that is good for employees and the business." Any deal hammered out would cover GM's 51,000 union members similar to one reached with Fiat Chrysler last week. Union members at Fiat Chrysler turned down the first tentative agreement, forcing officials back to the negotiating table for a second deal that provides significant pay increases over the next four years.
