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Toyota draws fire from UAW for plan to restart Mississippi auto plant

Business Jun. 18, 2010 - 07:00AM JST ( 6 )

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TokyoappleJun. 18, 2010 - 07:33AM JST

I thought I remember reading an article that basically said that they had closed it down because the workers were too stupid.
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Bebert61Jun. 18, 2010 - 09:39AM JST

If the Mississippi workers are so stupid, why will they be getting paid $10-$14 more an hour than new hires at American auto plants in Michigan?

Oh that's right, the Toyota workers don't have Union representation negotiating down their wages. Duh!

In fact, Toyota may even be able to pay their line workers an extra bonus with all the money they save from moving production out of California.
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presto345Jun. 18, 2010 - 06:31PM JST

This is good news for Mississipi where the workers are more interested in getting bread on the table than listening to loud mouth King.

King pledged a banner campaign at Toyota dealerships to tell customers that Toyota puts profits before people.

Hope he'll get arrested for trespassing and obstruction of business.
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BadseyJun. 18, 2010 - 06:39PM JST

I think this plant will do well being on 78 between Memphis and Birmingham. Memphis has also vastly updated their intermodal rail yard which will only help.

The Corolla is a lower price car and the costs must be kept low. You can't be competitive selling these cars paying people $30-50 an hour to assemble them. Many people would like the Prius hybrid and even solar options on their smaller cars. -Lots of sun in that area.
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KwaabishJun. 18, 2010 - 08:57PM JST

And I hope someone does a banner campaign reminding how UAW infested GM and Chrysler had to file for Chapter 11 and how some of Ford's best cars are now being produced in Mexico as opposed to Detroit.
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JohnBeckerJun. 19, 2010 - 03:09AM JST

The UAW was important for American auto workers back in the '30s and '40s. It got them better working condiitons and wages. But through the '50s, '60s and '70s, they went overboard with demands, and the car companies buckled. And then they couldn't compete with companies making better cars for the same money, just because they weren't being extorted by the UAW.

No puzzle here - Toyota (and Honda, and Nissan, and all the other foreign companies with plants in the U.S.) will close plants before it allows the UAW in.