Negotiations between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers stalled Monday night, as bargainers again went home without reaching a tentative agreement on a new contract to replace the pact that expired early Saturday. The two sides recessed around 9 p.m. Eastern time, a G.M. spokeswoman said, after a relatively short 10-hour session. Talks were expected to resume Tuesday. The UAW?s contract with G.M has been extended hourby hour. Contracts at Ford Motor and Chrysler have been extended indefinitely. The stop-and-start nature of the discussions suggested the two sides were still far apart on a deal that would cover G.M.?s 73,000 workers in the United States.
See "Labor Talks With G.M. Are Recessed Without Pact", Micheline Maynard, The New York Times, September 17, 2007