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Still no resolution between General Motors and striking united auto
workers. Talks ended again today without an agreement. That's bad
news to the thousands of workers across the country who have been
idled since workers in Flint, Michigan, walked off the job on June
5th. ABC's Jim Williams reports. For some striking GM workers, father's
day was spent on the picket lines that they have walked for more than
two weeks in Flint, Michigan. Joe Townsend was here with his son-in-law
and grandchildren. My father worked at General Motors, I worked at
General Motors. And someday, I'd like these kids to have a job here
in America. While Townsend wonders when the strike will end, the UAW
is beginning its convention in Las Vegas. Union leaders will make
no apologies for strikes that have left more than 100,000 GM employees
out of work. We are fighting their fight and we need to Hang in there.
UAW leaders will try to convince their members to Hang tough since
GM will ultimately give in. The company, they say, cannot continue
to lose hundreds of millions of dollars caused by the near collapse
of its entire north American operation. But that message is becoming
more difficult for moraine, Ohio, to embrace. This town of 6,000 has
lost its economic engin the GM plant here was shut down two weeks
ago after it ran out of parts produced by the workers on strike in
Flynt. Without GM, we don't have much going on, and if they don't
have money, moraine doesn't have much money. The tables at Debbie
Miller's upper deck cafe are empty these days. The restaurant is across
the street from the GM plant and depends on its workers for business.
So does moraine's mayor, who also owns a store here. Our store is
right now is down between $700-$800 a day, so it's affected me quite
much. In moraine, there are hopes that strikes will end soon. At stake
is the future of one American business giant and the future of one
small town. Jim Williams, ABC News.