Continental AG, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Bridgestone Corp. suspended production at their South African tire plants as workers went on strike for higher wages, a labor union said.
Employees at six tire factories stopped work in support of a 10 percent pay raise. Employers have offered a 7 percent increase, more than the annual inflation rate of 6.4 percent.
A spokesman for the National Union of Metalworkers said more than 5,000 were off the job.
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