The Nation - News from Nov. 24, 1986

Employees began returning to a key parts plant in Kokomo, Ind., after a strike caused more than 47,000 General Motors Corp. workers to be laid off nationwide, but GM officials could not say when the layoffs would end. The 6-day strike at Delco Electronics interrupted operations in eight states as the supply of radios and electronic parts for GM cars was exhausted. The 7,700 United Auto Workers at the GM subsidiary walked out Nov. 17, in a dispute over subcontracting and a plan to produce a new line of Delco radios in Mexico. A GM spokesman said more than 40,000 workers would remain off today.