Officials with GM and local UAW 2209 say they were unable to come to an agreement to hire the laid-off temporary workers.

Indiana has lost nearly 8,000 manufacturing jobs through November this year. Some economists say that's a bad sign for the overall economy.

The company is asking the Anderson City Council for a property tax break as part of a plan to buy and install new equipment at the facility along Interstate 69.

The United Auto Workers union on Monday turned its bargaining focus to Fiat Chrysler, raising the possibility of another strike against a Detroit automaker.

The United Auto Workers union said in a statement Friday that workers had approved the new four-year deal. But no vote totals were given.

The deal was hammered out after months of bargaining, but won't bring an immediate end to the strike by 49,000 hourly workers.