SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004





                                    FORM 8-K
                   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) July 14, 1998
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                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                         Identification No.)




   100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48243-7301
3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan                 48202-3091
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)







Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313)-556-5000
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

         (a)  On July 14, 1998, a news release was issued on the subject of
GM's filing of a complaint against the UAW in the U.S. District Court.  The
news release was as follows:

                        GM FILES COMPLAINT IN U.S. COURT

DETROIT -- The  following  statement is  attributable  to Thomas A.  Gottschalk,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of General Motors:  General Motors has
filed a complaint  this morning in the United States  District  Court in Detroit
seeking  to compel  immediate  arbitration  of its  grievance  that the  current
strikes in Flint,  Michigan  violate  the  no-strike  clause of the 1996  GM-UAW
National  Agreement.  The  complaint  also seeks  injunctive  relief and damages
against the UAW. The suit names the  International  Union,  Local Union Nos. 651
and 659, and certain other agents as defendants.

The suit is based on the 1996 collective bargaining agreement which allows local
unions to strike only over very specific and defined  categories of disputes and
requires the  International  Union and all its local unions to resolve all other
disputes  through the  grievance  and  arbitration  procedures  contained in the
National Agreement without resorting to strikes. Union representatives have made
clear to GM and the media that the real issues behind the Flint walkouts  relate
to capital investment and product allocation decisions affecting the Flint Metal
Center and to sourcing decisions  affecting the Delphi Flint East plant. None of
these issues are strikeable under the National Agreement.  Further, the National
Agreement requires that these disputes be submitted to binding  arbitration.  GM
has filed a grievance  under the Agreement  asking that the Umpire find that the
Union is in breach of its commitments in the National Agreement.

The  hardship  caused  by the  Union's  breach  of its  no-strike  agreement  is
expanding daily with too little progress being made at the bargaining  table. GM
has pressed for an expedited hearing on its grievance.  The Union has not agreed
to  expeditiously  resolve  this matter  through  the  Umpire,  who is a neutral
arbitrator,  whether  the  current  strikes are  permitted  under the  contract.
Consequently,  GM has filed this contract action. The first step will be to seek
expedited  submission  of the  issue  of the  Union's  breach  of its  no-strike
agreement to the GM-UAW Umpire for prompt  resolution.  At subsequent  phases of
the  proceedings,  GM  reserves  the right to apply for  appropriate  injunctive
relief  to  return  its  workers  to their  jobs and to  establish  the  damages
resulting from the Union's breach of its commitment.

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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                            GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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                                                    (Registrant)
Date    July 14, 1998
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)

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