Or did Canada offer Toyota a bigger bribe?
More like Toyota is getting fed up with the UAW screwing with their NUMMI plant in California.
"The educational level and the skill level of the people down there is so much lower than it is in Ontario," Fedchun said.
This should be embarrassing as well as sad.
If this doesn't conclusively illustrate a point, nothing will.
Substituting the intimidation and thuggery of "unionism" for the utility of a good education in the quest of a "living wage" is a strategically losing approach.
Of Course! The trade agreement Canada has with the U.S. which I am sure goes along with Toyota is that if you want to sell your cars here, you got to build them here!
Interestingly enough, the article never mentions one word about the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers Union) which WILL get their slimy fingers into the pot!
While I have no info to dispute the article's claim about more intelligent workers, I can offer information relevant to the work ethic of Canadians based on the experiences of one of our stamping plants in Kitchener Ontario.
That plant has horrendous union problems, horrendous absentee problems and is faced with the possibility of being either sold or shut down.
Workers there are making top dollar for that geographic location and have no incentive whatsoever to put in a full 40 hour work week let alone expect them to work weekends. As a result of the chronic absenteeism and lack of employees willing to work the necessary weekends in order to meet production standards, they actually have a staff of part time people who they call to work the necessary jobs on the weekends.
Believe me, if Toyota is getting into Canada minus the auto union, you can bet your paycheck that the CAW is going to drop down like a 500 Lb. monkey on their back in the not too distant future.