Black G.M. workers upset by sale
NZPA-Reuter Johannesburg A strike by 3000 black, workers upset by General Motors’ plans to sell out to local management has stopped its production in South Africa. The National Automobile and Allied Workers Union said the strike was aimed at forcing G.M. to meet several
demands, including two seats on the new board after the ownership changeover is completed early next year.
Some workers at the G.M. Port Elizabeth plants also staged sit-ins in an effort to force the company into talks.
General Motors South Africa’s managing director, Robert White, said he would not negotiate with the union until the strike ended.
The company obtained a court order yesterday requiring the union to show cause by Monday why the strike should not be declared illegal.
G.M. announced on October 20 in Detroit that it was pulling out of South Africa because of the country’s slowness in ending apartheid and depressed economy. The company is negotiating with a group of local G.M. executives for a management buy-out which is expected to keep full employment at the plants.
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