...expected as both sides prepared for today's hearing. "There may be meetings, but there's nothing going on," said Norm McComb, first vice president at UAW Local 659. "Everybody's busy getting ready for the courts."

...end is in sight." The news from the UAW was no more encouraging. "In reality, they're still far apart," said Norm McComb, a vice president with Local 659. "But at least they're talking." Rhetoric from both sides has decreased in the...

...percent of GM's North American production. Union leaders have offered previously to negotiate nonstop. Union official Norm McComb said Wednesday they will "go around the clock anytime General Motors wants to come to the bargaining table and get...

...already facing due to a six-day strike at the Flint Metal Center. "It's not going well over there, either," Norm McComb, first vice president of UAW Local 659, said of negotiations at the Delphi Flint Plant. His local represents the...

...GM may permanently reduce work at the plant or close it altogether. They also have made negotiations tougher, said Norm McComb, first vice president of Local 659. "It just made for a bad atmosphere, worse than what it already was," Mr...

...status is still the same," he said. "No progress has been made toward resolving this crisis that is crippling GM." Norm McComb, first vice president of UAW Local 659 in Flint, said there "wasn't much movement" in talks at the Flint Metal...

...parts plants from Mexico to Canada. Contract talks continued Thursday in both disputes. No progress was reported. Norm McComb, first vice president of United Auto Workers Local 659, said blamed GM negotiators and said the second strike appeared...

...strike by nearly 3,400 workers entered its fourth day. The dispute is largely over work rules and staffing levels. Norm McComb, a vice president for UAW Local 659, said there had been no progress in the talks. GM spokesmen declined to comment...