Thousands Walk Off GM Jobs as UAW Strike Starts

DETROIT — President Donald Trump on Sunday urged the United Auto Workers union and General Motors to return to negotiations and “make a deal.”

Trump said in a tweet: “Here we go again with General Motors and the United Auto Workers. Get together and make a deal!”

General Motors workers across the country walked out of plants at midnight Monday as the largest U.S. auto strike in more than a decade got underway.

The United Auto Workers called for the work stoppage after the union failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement covering some 46,000 workers at dozens of facilities. GM and the union remained far apart in negotiations on Sunday, when UAW leaders converged on Detroit and decided overwhelmingly to strike after their contract expired over the weekend.