The Canadian Auto Workers will strike GM...

The Canadian Auto Workers will strike GM this week unless the company withdraws its proposal to outsource hundreds of jobs at five plants, union President Buzz Hargrove said. The union’s strike deadline is midnight Tuesday. The auto maker has reduced the number of jobs it wants to eliminate by shifting them to outside suppliers from more than 1,000 to about 700. But Hargrove said the CAW will not accept any outsourcing at a time when more than 1,500 workers have been laid off from GM’s Canadian plants. GM Canada spokesman Stew Low said the outsourcing is one of the issues still on the table.