"UAW rejects new GM offer, as strike spurs 6,000 Mexico furloughs", 1 October 2019

The United Automobile Workers union has said it rejected a new...offer from General Motors Co to end a two-week-old strike, saying the...automaker came up short on several fronts including wages, healthcare and temporary workers.

The union said on Tuesday that it made a counterproposal and warned "there are still many important issues that remain unresolved".

GM said the strike...forced it to halt production at its pickup and transmission plants in Silao, Mexico, resulting in furloughs for 6,000 workers.

Affected Mexican workers are being paid a percentage of their salaries, with some workers using vacation time to continue receiving their full salaries.

...GM in Mexico said that "for the moment" its three other Mexican plants – in Ramos Arizpe, San Luis Potosi and Toluca – are working normally. A spokesman in Mexico said the plants still had parts available, but the company could not say how many more days the plants would remain open...