Tentative deal reached to end strike

Pay raises, more work for GM plants in US believed to be among conditions

General Motors and the United Automobile Workers union, or UAW, have reached a tentative deal to end a monthlong strike by nearly 50,000 workers in the United States that has cost the country's largest automaker more than $1 billion in lost profits.

The deal was brokered by negotiators on Wednesday, but early details of the contract were scant. The Associated Press reported it was likely to include "pay raises, lump-sum payments to workers, and requirements that GM build new vehicles in US factories".