General Motors Corp's negotiations on anew contract covering 370,000 U.S. workers who belong to the
United Automobile Workers union will open July 27, UAW
president Owen Bieber said.
    He said the opening of talks on a new contract covering
110,000 union members at Ford Motor Co &lt;F> will open the
following day. Current contracts at both companies expire at
2359 EDT on September 14.
 Reuter
