TENTATIVE PACT AGREED IN GM <GM.N> STRIKE
A tentative settlement has been
reached in a three-day strike by 9,000 workers at a General
Motors <GM.N> truck and bus complex, a union spokesman said.
    United Auto Workers (UAW) spokesman Don Hooper told Reuters
in a telephone interview a settlement had been reached and a
ratification vote was expected today. He had no further
details.
    GM officials were unavailable for comment, but the head of
security at one of the struck plants confirmed a tentative
settlement of the dispute.
    The UAW struck at three GM factories on Thursday as labor
contract talks broke down on the issue of using non-union
labour on subcontracting jobs.
    About 9,000 hourly workers walked off the job after the UAW
and management failed to come to an agreement by Thursday noon,
a deadline set last week by the union.
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