Posted on 06/18/2010 5:07:44 AM PDT by EBH
Toyota's announcement that it will resume construction of a car factory in Mississippi was a much-needed piece of good news for both the state struggling with persistent employment and the automaker trying to recover some goodwill after a recall crisis bruised its reputation.
But the decision drew fire from America's largest auto union, which accused Toyota of shifting production from a union plant to a nonunion facility.
Toyota promised to hire 2,000 workers at its nearly complete factory in Blue Springs, Mississippi, and start producing Corolla sedans by the end of next year.
The plant has been on hold since late 2008, when Toyota suspended construction as the economy fell apart and sales of new cars and trucks collapsed in the U.S.
But Toyota's decision to build Corollas there comes just weeks after announcing the sale of a California plant that also built the compact sedans.
To the United Auto Workers Union, the key difference was the California plant was unionized, while the Mississippi plant -- like the rest of Toyota's U.S. factories -- isn't.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
Unions are "negotiating" their members right out of the labor market.
When things like this happen...it amazes me how the members can't see it is their own leadership that has failed.
Union “leaders” are leaders like Obama. They are only in the game for the power.
Yes, we shifted production to non-union facilites. Union facilities sap our profits, decrease our flexibility, and hamper our productivity. Any other questions, mister...douchebag is it? Okay, Mister Douchebag, any questions?
No doubt the maoist will send a message to Toyota.
UAW has its own car company. That’s enough.
UAW has its own car company. That’s enough.
Well, duh ";^)
UAW Looks Toward Clawbacks by: Tom Lindmark May 28, 2010
The WSJ reported yesterday that Ron Gettelfinger, the outgoing President of the UAW, said that he expects that the resurrection of Chrysler and GM (MTLQQ.PK) will prompt the union to bargain to claw back some of the concessions they made to help the companies survive. He did not specify what the union intended to seek to have returned.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/207448-uaw-looks-toward-clawbacks?source=yahoo
More on the UAW protecting the rest of us from the terrible, terrible scourge of insourcing.
UAW hasn’t cared about auto workers for decades.
It’s all about UAW leadership and how much power along with fat pension plans to can obtain for themselves.
Well, duh! Get a clue, Unions!.................
A more likely key difference was the plant was in California - with its taxes and regulations and high cost of doing business - rather than the fact that it was unionized.
“But the decision drew fire from America’s largest auto union, which accused Toyota of shifting production from a union plant to a nonunion facility.”
Aw, do you want fries with that, Moron ?
Probably the first (unions).
Auto plants are given a lot of concessions because the state and local communities rely on the payrolls to support the economy.
The difference between an independent payroll and a UAW payroll is amazing. Having moved 8 plants from UAW to non-union control, I’d put my money on the union factor in this.
I bet Pharaoh criticized the Jews for leaving Eygpt too.
Wrong. Both. UAW and CA taxes and regulation.
Hahahahaha. Made me spew my coffee.
Unions ARE a tax of sorts. Not in the sense that the government is stealing the money, but in the sense that the restrictive work rules and constant anti-productivity actions on the part of the union "leadership" is a significant drain. Union wages aren't really much different from those of non-union wages in the auto industry, but the contract rules are stifling.
Yeah well keep thinking that. I guarantee you that if the workforce in California voted the UAW out tomorrow the plant would still move.
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