General Motors is again forced to temporarily halt production due to a workers' strike, this time in Thailand, after negotiations between union leaders and officials of the company failed to come to a common point. Nevertheless, the US-based car manufacturer said it will still pay all wages, welfare and benefits to all its workers, just-auto.com wrote today citing a report by Dow Jones Newswires, "including some of the unionized employees who have registered to remain on duty."
Obviously, negotiations between the two sides will resume in the near future, with an agreement likely to be reached as "soon as possible", the company said in a release.
Last month, General Motors had to cope with a similar problem in Brazil after thousands of workers went on strike demanding better wages. After a first round of failed negotiations, the 10,500 employees working at GM’s Sao Caetano do Sul plant and the 8,500 people from the San Jose dos Campos facility stopped work in mid-September. At the time, GM revealed it could only offer a a wage increase of 6.53 percent and a 1,750 reais ($972) bonus.
Employees from the the Sao Caetano plant asked for a 10 percent raise and a 2,000 reais bonus while those at the other production facility were demanding a wage increase of 14.65 percent.
Unfortunately, strikes in the automotive industry tend to grow in number, especially following the job cuts and cost-cutting measures pushed by the automakers in an attempt to cope with the recession. Surely, the top story remains the violent strike at SsangYong which required police's intervention and led to several employees getting hurt.
Obviously, negotiations between the two sides will resume in the near future, with an agreement likely to be reached as "soon as possible", the company said in a release.
Last month, General Motors had to cope with a similar problem in Brazil after thousands of workers went on strike demanding better wages. After a first round of failed negotiations, the 10,500 employees working at GM’s Sao Caetano do Sul plant and the 8,500 people from the San Jose dos Campos facility stopped work in mid-September. At the time, GM revealed it could only offer a a wage increase of 6.53 percent and a 1,750 reais ($972) bonus.
Employees from the the Sao Caetano plant asked for a 10 percent raise and a 2,000 reais bonus while those at the other production facility were demanding a wage increase of 14.65 percent.
Unfortunately, strikes in the automotive industry tend to grow in number, especially following the job cuts and cost-cutting measures pushed by the automakers in an attempt to cope with the recession. Surely, the top story remains the violent strike at SsangYong which required police's intervention and led to several employees getting hurt.