The National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) says it will be consulting lawyers pertaining to General Motors’ (GM’s) announcement to withdraw its operations from SA. "This is the second time that GM is pulling out of SA‚ and as Numsa, we smell a rat. We suspect that the shareholders got a very good deal at the expense of the workers," Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said. "The company has already shut down the plant and has indicated that they will meet with us to discuss the latest developments‚ but that is after the fact." Numsa says GM acted unilaterally and did not inform the union of this decision. "As a result we are consulting lawyers to see what legal avenue we have in resolving this crisis. Isuzu will be taking over operations at GM‚ but we doubt that they will absorb all the workers who used to work at those plants." The US car maker announced on Thursday that it was pulling out of SA and Isuzu would take over the firm’s operations in Port Elizabeth. GM workers were...
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