DETROIT — Contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors and Chrysler slowed Friday as the union seeks more money and the companies insist on cost cuts to offset pay increases, three people briefed on the negotiations said.
Although the talks are progressing, the slowdown over pay comes just five days before the union’s national agreements with General Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC and Ford Motor Co. expire, at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
“There is still lots to do,” said one of the people, who added that negotiators are expected to work at least one day this weekend.
The contract talks will determine wages and benefits for 111,000 union workers at the companies, and they also set the bar for wages at auto parts companies, U.S. factories run by foreign automakers and other manufacturing companies.
