Workers at GM plant in Brazil strike to protest planned layoffs
by The Associated Press
Union said 5,200 workers went on strike Feb. 20 to protest planned layoffs of some 800 workers at plant in Brazil
SAO PAULO—An assembly line at one of three General Motors Co. (GM) plants in Brazil has ground to a halt as workers strike to protest the planned layoffs of nearly 800 employees.
The Metalworkers Union in Sao Jose dos Campos said 5,200 workers went on strike Feb. 20, stopping the daily production of 300 Chevrolet Trailblazers and S10 pickup trucks.
“The strike is the only way we can stop mass dismissals from taking place at GM,” union president Antonio Ferreira de Barros said.
GM said in an emailed statement the union did not notify it of its plans to strike “as determined by law.”
The company provided no further information.
GM’s two other auto plants in Brazil were operating normally.
