GM Workers Strike

A United Auto Worker placard is seen outside the General Motors Powertrain plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Thousands of United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants around the country Monday in the first nationwide strike against GM since 1970. That strike lasted 69 days.

A guard closes the gate as Anthony Pesce, right, pickets in front of a General Motors plant in Parma, Ohio at the start of a nationwide strike against the auto maker, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.

United Auto Workers members of local 544 stand on a picket line outside General Motors Pittsburgh Metal Center in West Mifflin, Pa., Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Thousands of United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants around the U.S. on Monday.

A strike sign is reflected in the glasses of worker Steven Heise as he pickets outside the General Motors plant, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in Janesville, Wis.

General Motors employees hold their strike signs as they picket by one of the entrances of the assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.

A delivery truck with new vehicles leaves the plant as General Motors employees display their strike signs by one of the entrances of the assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.

General Motors retiree, Junior Baker holds a strike sign as he pickets in front of the GM Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger speaks to the media concerning their strike against General Motors in Detroit, Mich., Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Thousands of United Auto Workers at General Motors Corp. factories nationwide walked off their jobs at 11 a.m. Monday with no contract deal reached.

United Auto Worker Barbara O'Leary carries strike signs to a General Motors facility from UAW Local 174 in preparation for a strike in Romulus, Mich., Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.

Rick Henry, 35, pickets outside the GM Lordstown plant, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, in Lordstown, Ohio. If the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corp. lasts longer than a week or two, it could cost GM billions of dollars and stop the momentum the company was building with some of its new models, according to several industry analysts.

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger addresses the media at a news conference at the UAW Solidarity House to announce an agreement with General Motors was reached in Detroit, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007. The UAW and GM said Wednesday they have reached a tentative contract agreement that ends a two-day nationwide strike immediately.