
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 1, 1994                   TAG: 9410030054
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: FLINT, MICH.                                LENGTH: Short

AUTO WORKERS, GM SETTLE STRIKE

Workers at a General Motors Corp. parts complex reached a tentative agreement with GM on Friday to end a strike that had forced the automaker to shut down one factory after another.

Under the agreement, GM will hire more employees to relieve pressure on the 12,000 workers at its Buick City complex, who complained they were making themselves sick trying to keep up with demand, a United Auto Workers leader said.

The strike, which began Tuesday, shut off the flow of parts to other GM plants. By Friday, at least three had shut down and four others had cut back production, putting thousands more employees out of work.

If union members accept the agreement at a meeting today, some production might resume Sunday at Buick City, but the interruption in the flow of parts to other plants will take several days to undo.

Dave Yettaw, president of striking UAW Local 599, said the automaker had agreed to hire permanent employees from a pool of GM workers laid off years ago.

by CNB