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September 25, 2007
DETROIT - Negotiators for the United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp have resumed bargaining on Tuesday while more than 73,000 factory workers participated in the second day of the first national strike against the automaker in more than 30 years, according to Reuters.
GM workers walked off the job on Monday after 10 weeks of contract talks seen as crucial to GM's survival as it restructures money-losing U.S. operations and tries to free itself from a health-care obligation of more than $50 billion.
A GM spokeswoman said the two sides began talking around mid-morning. Meantime, workers at a GM facility in Warren, Michigan, could be seen picketing early on Tuesday with signs reading "UAW on Strike."
Many analysts predicted that a protracted strike against the largest U.S. automaker was unlikely and the two sides could still settle on a deal on wages and benefits that delivers many of the sweeping concessions GM has sought.
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