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But even if starting tomorrow the boys of the UAW went to work 24/7 to unionize them and, against all odds, were successful, a labor lawyer friend tells me it would take six-to-twelve months just to be named the bargaining representative, at which point contract negotiations would only begin.

If the unions manage to unionize American Toyota plants, there will just be no American Toyota plants. They will simply pack up and move back to Japan.

[businessprofessor]

If the unions manage to unionize American Toyota plants, there will just be no American Toyota plants. They will simply pack up and move back to Japan.

Then the rats will impose tariffs. The rats will make a truce with the foreign auto makers. The rats will force them to substantially increase labor costs. The rats will provide assurance that the foreign auto makers can pass the additional costs to the consumer.

[ebersole]

“If the unions manage to unionize American Toyota plants, there will just be no American Toyota plants.”

How very true! And then the big 3 and congress would wonder why Americans are still buying and possibly paying more for foreign made vehicles. Then the government would impose some idiotic regulation barring import of foreign made vehicles. Of course, neither the companies nor the government, realizing the foreign made vehicles’ product and customer service are far superior