UPDATE 7-GM's UAW workers to go on nationwide strike for first time in 12 years
September 15, 2019 at 12:01 PM EDT
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Sunday that its roughly 48,000 hourly workers at General Motors Co facilities would go on strike as of midnight Sunday after U.S. labor contract talks reached an impasse, the first nationwide strike at GM in 12 years.