UAW-GM talks progress but wage, job security issues remain

DETROIT (AP) — A top union negotiator says bargainers are making progress on a contract that could end a 19-day strike against General Motors.
United Auto Workers Vice President Terry Dittes (DIT-ez) says in a letter to local officials Friday that talks have advanced on health care and a path for temporary workers to get full-time jobs.
But he says wages, job security, skilled trades jobs and pensions remain unsettled.
Dittes says they’ll keep working into the weekend in an effort to