Carmaker Toyota halted production at its Durban plant in South Africa after workers at a factory that makes seats went on strike, demanding a bonus.
"Production at our Durban manufacturing plant was halted this morning," Leo Kok, a spokesman for unit Toyota South Africa, said by phone from Johannesburg.
"We will lose 700 units per day."
Workers at Toyota Boshoku Corp's car seat factory in the city are demanding a 1,500 rand ($173) bonus to return to work, Mbuso Ngubane, regional secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, said by phone.
Toyota Boshoku's Charmaine Lottering said 480 employees stopped work.
Toyota South Africa raised wages at its Durban plant to end a 3 1/2-day strike that started on October 1, Mr Kok said.
Labour unrest at South African mines has spread to the transport industry.
The strikes included a six-week stoppage at Lonmin's Marikana platinum site that turned violent and led to the deaths of about 46 people.
Police shot dead 34 striking workers at Marikana on August 16 in the worst mine violence since apartheid ended in 1994.
Bloomberg