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Strike halts Chevy production at General Motors Thailand Rayong factory
Workers at the General Motors plant in Rayong
have been on strike, demanding G.M. change their policy on weekend work.
Patcharapol Panrak
Striking workers have shut down General Motors (Thailand) Co.
Rayong factory after managers added a Saturday shift without paying
overtime.
About 5,000 walked off the job Feb. 8 in protest over the extra working
day. G.M. executives declined any comment on the work stoppage, which
has brought daily production of about 600 Chevrolet-branded vehicles at
the Pluakdaeng plant a day to a halt.
Workers Union of G.M. representatives said employees valued their
weekends, using the time to spend with family or attend school to
further their qualifications in hopes of obtaining better positions at
the factory. Requiring them to work Saturday at normal pay wasn’t worth
the effort, they said.
Striking workers have had their pay cut, but the strike is far more
costly to the automaker. During a 10-day strike at the Chevy plant in
October 2009, General Motors estimated it lost about 200 million baht
per day.
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