The Canadian Auto Workers could strike or take other action against General Motors Corp. because the company won't budge on plans to close an Ontario pickup truck factory, the union's president said Friday.Buzz Hargrove said the automaker committed to keeping the Oshawa plant open in a contract agreement reached with GM last month. But after meeting with GM CEO Rick Wagoner on Friday in Detroit, Hargrove said he was disappointed the company wouldn't change its stance. GM said it can idle factories if market conditions warrant. In May, U.S. pickup sales fell more than 38 percent.

Detroit-based GM announced Tuesday it was closing Oshawa and three other pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories as $4 per gallon gas hurts sales of those vehicles.



Hargrove described the 90-minute meeting as tense and said the CAW would decide its next move at its national convention coming up later this month. Other moves could include arbitration or filing a complaint with Canada's labor board, he said.

Wagoner told Hargrove and other union officials there was some promise of new products for the Oshawa car plant, Hargrove said. But the CAW president said that wasn't good enough.

A blockade of GM's offices in Oshawa will continue, he said.

Chris Buckley, president of the union local at the truck plant, said GM wrecked any trust it had with the union.

GM shares fell 57 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $16.48 in morning trading Friday.

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