General Motors Co.’s chief labor negotiator suggested the United Auto Workers is dragging its feet in responding to the automaker’s latest contract offer in a show of frustration with a strike that’s lumbering toward the one-month mark.
GM made a comprehensive offer Oct. 7 to the UAW and hasn’t received a response in the days since, despite CEO Mary Barra joining a meeting with union leaders Oct. 9. Scott Sandefur, GM’s vice president of North American labor relations, criticized the UAW’s plan to make a counter proposal only after five committees resolve a series of issues, and the automaker went public with the broad outlines of its offer.