DETROIT (AP) Chrysler autoworkers seen walking off the job after a union deadline passed with no tentative agreement.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15147430&ft=1&f=1001UAW Deadline Passes for Strike Against Chrysler
NPR.org, October 10, 2007 · Several key issues in labor negotiations between the United Auto Workers union and automaker Chrysler LLC remained unresolved Wednesday ahead of a late-morning strike deadline.
The two sides were negotiating a new contract throughout the night at Chrysler's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.
The UAW set an 11 a.m. deadline for an agreement, or have about 49,000 workers leave their jobs at 24 U.S. factories and other sites.
In a memo to local union leaders, the UAW said it would stop extending its contract with Chrysler at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, but that deadline passed with no announcement from the UAW. The contract was supposed to expire Sept. 14 but has been extended since then.