Union, GM continue talks at Fairfax plant

Union officials have extended contract talks through the weekend with General Motors Corp., avoiding for now a strike at GM's Fairfax Assembly Plant.

Jeff Manning, president of United Auto Workers Local 31, said Friday that "there has been a little bit of progress made in the past couple hours."

The key points of disagreement are job security and seniority, he said.

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Union employees at the Fairfax plant warned General Motors (NYSE: GM) in a letter April 18that a strike was imminent unless progress was made toward getting a new contract. The prior contract expired in September.

Local 31 has about 2,600 members.

The Fairfax Assembly Plant ranks No. 15 on the Kansas City Business Journal's list area private-sector employers, with 2,700 employees. The plant makes the Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura, and hybrid versions of each.