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Chrysler strike on agenda as union breaks off talks

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World, Edited By Anne Collier / October 19, 1982



Detroit

The United Automobile Workers union broke off contract negotiations with Chrysler Corporation Monday and called a meeting to decide whether to stage a strike after the company refused to grant workers an immediate pay increase.

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UAW president Douglas Fraser said bargaining had ended temporarily and the union's Chrysler Council would meet Thursday to decide whether to go on strike.