GM Daewoo union plans strike

GM Daewoo union plans strike

SEOUL: Unionized workers at GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co.,
South Korea's third-largest carmaker, plan to strike for two days
starting Wednesday, company and labor officials said.

The union members are demanding a 16.6 percent increase in
basic wages and reduced working hours. They planned to strike at
the company's Changwon and Gunsan plants Wednesday and Thursday,
a spokesman at GM Daewoo said on condition of anonymity.

An official at Daewoo Automobile Labor Union confirmed the
strike plans. He also spoke on condition of anonymity. -- AP