LIAN PEK, CNN ANCHOR: A strike at a Sydney car parts factory which is crippling the nation's auto sector has drawn promises of government intervention. Channel Ten's Anita Clark has the story.</s>ANITA CLARK, CHANNEL TEN REPORTER (voice-over): Industrial anger taken to the streets: hundreds of people, including TriStar workers, their families, and supporters marched to the commission hearing. Earlier, the workers met and voted to continue their 13-day strike, which has cripple the nation's car industry.</s>DOUG CAMERON, AUSTRALIAN METAL WORKERS UNION: These are ordinary workers earning between $30,000 and $35,000 a year who are determined to ensure that their entitlements are secure.</s>CLARK: The workers want TriStar to join the union's menu scheme to safeguard entitlements, but the company will only agree to an insurance bond. The federal government determined to force the employees back to work immediately.</s>TONY ABBOTT, AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS MINISTER: A TriStar dispute is a strike against the national interest, and it should be ended as soon as possible.</s>CLARK: The dispute shut down Holden, Ford and Mitsubishi. As supplies of steering components dried up, even if the workers go back immediately, it will take at least a week for normal production to resume.</s>TOM PHILLIPS, MITSUBISHI: If they don't go back to work tomorrow, then we won't be back at work on Monday either. So these things are causing concern. The unions vow they will not give up until their workers' entitlements are secure, but are also keen to end the dispute.</s>CAMERON: We will negotiate, negotiate, and negotiate again, until we fix this dispute.
Australian Car Parts Strike Draws Threats of State Intervention