Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Goodyear, other tire companies risk South Africa strike

Akron Beacon Journal, July 18, 2007

Continental AG, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Bridgestone Corp. will face strikes at South African tire plants starting Friday after pay talks collapsed, a labor union said.

About 6,000 workers at six factories are demanding 10 percent raises, while employers are offering 7 percent, the Johannesburg-based National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa said Tuesday in an e-mailed statement. South Africa's inflation rate is 6.4 percent.

 

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