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GM Hit with Surprise Strike in Brazil
General Motors Co. is promising legal action after union workers in Brazil abruptly struck over planned layoffs, Reuters reports.
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General Motors Co. is promising legal action after union workers in Brazil abruptly struck over planned layoffs, Reuters reports.
The walkout at GM's factory in Sao Jose dos Campos is in protest of GM's plan to idle 800 workers for two months, then eliminate their jobs in April. GM has gradually trimmed its workforce at the factory from 7,500 in 2012 to 5,200 currently.
The facility was last struck in July 2012. The plant makes the Chevrolet Corsa small car, Meriva small MPV and S10 pickup truck.
GM complains the factory's metalworking union voted on an indefinite strike before the staffing plan was fully explained to workers. The walkout is the latest skirmish between GM and its hourly workers over jobs.
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