1.   The machines made a factory din, like a stamping plant Maybe.

2.   But George Semposki, who works at a General Motors stamping plant here, said it seemed frustrating that the Texas union members were just talking to the converted.

3.   General Motors agreed to return stamping dies that it acknowledged removing while the metal stamping plant was closed during the Memorial Day weekend.

4.   It also has two stamping plants in Mexico.

5.   Negotiations resumed at the Delphi Flint East parts plant Monday, but were in recess until today at the Flint Metal Center stamping plant.

6.   The company earlier announced plans to close its stamping plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

7.   The dispute in Flint escalated in late May, when the automaker removed equipment at its key stamping plant and moved it to an undisclosed site.

8.   The stamping plants make hoods, doors and other metal parts for car and truck assembly plants.

9.   The union local at a GM stamping plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will vote Thursday on a tentative agreement reached Friday.

10.   Then the Janesville plant and a UAW local at a metal stamping plant in Indianapolis launched strikes within hours of each other.