NISSAN STRIKE
April 1st, 2002
BY RICHARD HURST, in JohannesburgMore than 3,000 workers at the Nissan SA factory near Pretoria, South Africa, are on strike over the generation of a surplus of SARand 245 million (US$22.7 million) in Nissan SA's retirement funds.A spokesman for the National Union of Metal Workers (Numsa) Dumsa Ntuli said that the workers had downed tools quickly while the company had urgently sought a court order to stop workers from participating in industrial action.Ntuli added that the dispute had been sparked because of an alleged agreement reached between the Union and ...
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