One day after striking the General Motors Corp.&#8217;s Fairfax plant, the United Auto Workers union is scheduled to resume talks with management this morning, a union official said.</p><p>John Melton, bargaining chairman of UAW Local 31, said the two sides are expected to resume bargaining at 8:30 a.m.</p><p>&#8220;If it goes like the last few meetings, it could be a very short meeting,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll see if they have a plan to put this to an end.&#8221;</p><p>GM spokesman Ben Ippolito confirmed that talks have resumed this morning.</p><p>About 2,700 hourly employees at the GM Fairfax plant walked off the job Monday after the company and union failed to reach a local contract to supplement the national bargaining agreement ratified last fall. Union officials said management seeking to change longstanding work rules in the plant pertaining to seniority, job security and job preferences led to the impasse.</p><p>A prolonged strike at the Fairfax facility could derail momentum GM has built with its hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu. The Fairfax plant produces a majority of the redesigned Malibus for the automaker.</p><p>Another GM assembly plant in Lansing, Mich., has been down because of a strike over local contract issues since mid-April. That factory produces crossover vehicles, including the Buick Enclave.