UAW Boosts Strike Pay as GM Walkout Continues

United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Gary Jones addresses UAW delegates at the 'Special Convention on Collective Bargaining' in Detroit, Mich., on March 13, 2019. Rebecca Cook/Reuters

WASHINGTON—The United Auto Workers union said Oct. 12 it will boost strike pay for 48,000 hourly workers at General Motors Co. by $25 a week to $275 as a strike against the largest U.S. automaker ended its fourth week.

Talks were continuing late Oct. 12 to try to resolve the longest nationwide strike at GM since 1970, both sides said.