The president of the Canadian Auto Workers union says there wasn't much progress in a meeting with General Motors executives on Tuesday, as the company still plans to close the truck plant in Oshawa.

As he had expected, Buzz Hargrove said the union "didn't get very far" in the talks, despite offering to find a way to help GM deal with the weakening demand for trucks in an "intelligent, rational fashion."

"We tried to make the case that there is a way to do this, and everybody saves face, and keeps the plant open," he told reporters.

"If you have to reduce inventory, let everybody share in the pain. Why not say to everybody: 'We have to take two to three months of production out, or even four or five?'"

CAW local 222 president Chris Buckley said GM's reaction will only fuel the fire for angry workers.

"The relationship is fractured right now," he said. "There is no trust."

GM officials didn't comment to the media after the talks.

Before the meeting, which took place at the automaker's Canadian head office, Hargrove said he'd be "very surprised" if the meeting produced a resolution. He said both sides were far apart on what they wanted.

"GM asked for a meeting last week to talk about a car, we asked for a meeting to talk about a truck,'' Hargrove said.

Despite the low expectations, the union president said Tuesday's meeting was important because "we've got to start somewhere.''

The meeting was arranged Monday at the request of GM, said CAW local 222 chairman Keith Osborne.

Workers took down their blockade at the head office in Oshawa at 7 a.m. Monday after a judge granted an injunction to GM. The demonstration lasted nearly two weeks.

The local union vows to keep fighting until they are guaranteed the truck plant won't close as planned next year. The plant employs 2,600 people.

During the dispute, the CAW says GM breached a contract last month by pulling out of a promise to continue production at the plant through 2011.

Union lawyers are drafting paperwork to bring the dispute to the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

The union says they are planning further demonstrations, but have not released specific details. Leaders say they have not ruled out a wildcat strike.

CAW officials have said they could conduct rolling blockades in the plant area to affect production and hold information pickets at GM facilities across Ontario and maybe even Detroit.

"We can make life pretty miserable for GM and we plan to do that," Osborne said.

There are no further talks scheduled between GM and the CAW.

GM said it is closing the Oshawa truck plant because of slow sales of large vehicles.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Dana Levenson and files from The Canadian Press