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| Subject: can you show proof those plants aren't unionized? | |
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Author: sci guy |
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Date Posted: 11:32:18 04/25/07 Wed In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Re: yep... and toyotas, and hondas...." on 13:18:03 04/24/07 Tue (this I gotta see!) >Toyota and honda and kia are building lots of plants >here in the US too.....in the South where there are >right to work states. People don't care much there for >unions. I never cared much for GM and if they go out >of business I could care less. Although some of the >cars they are making now are equal in value to Toyota >and their new diesel pickup is very very good. The >Tundras are great but they want too much money for >them. Anyway, we have a little surprise for all those >foreign manufacturers of autos....a rapidly falling >dollar that is going to make their autos too >expensive. That is why they are quickly building new >plants here in the southern US. > > > > > >>The union workers at those plants are happy enough. >> >>Maybe the problem GM has isn't so much with union >>costs, but with the fact that people don't want to buy >>gas guzzlers any more.... >> >> >>>Don't they make a bunch of those GM autos in Canada? >>> >>> >>>>Yep, those US union auto workers are quickly running >>>>themselves out of a job! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>href="http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/C >o >>n >>>t >>>>e >>>>>ntPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbylin >e >>= >>>T >>>>r >>>>>ue&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070424%2fToyota_GM_070424 >" >>> >>>h >>>>t >>>>>tp://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPo >s >>t >>>i >>>>n >>>>>g.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True&n >e >>w >>>s >>>>i >>>>>temid=CTVNews%2f20070424%2fToyota_GM_070424 >>>>> >>>>>Toyota tops GM in vehicle sales for first time >>>>>24/04/2007 10:50:28 AM >>>>> >>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >- >>- >>>- >>>>- >>>>>------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. became the world's top >>>auto >>>>>seller in the first quarter, overtaking rival >>General >>>>>Motors Corp. for the first time. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Visitors at Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom look at >>>>>Toyota's luxury car Lexus model in Tokyo on >Tuesday, >>>>>April 24, 2007. (AP / Shizuo Kambayashi) >>>>> >>>>>Toyota sold 2,348,000 vehicles worldwide in the >>>>>January-March quarter, company spokesman Satoshi >>>>>Yamaguchi said. >>>>> >>>>>Both companies posted record sales for the quarter, >>>>>but Toyota's sales passed the 2,260,000 vehicles >>that >>>>>GM said it sold during the same three-month period. >>>>> >>>>>The results mark the first time Toyota has beat GM >>in >>>>>global sales on a quarterly basis, and bring the >>>>>Japanese automaker one step closer to unseating its >>>>>American rival as the world's biggest automaker, a >>>>>position the Detroit behemoth has held for 76 >years. >>>>> >>>>>While the figures only represent quarterly sales >>>>>results, they suggest GM will be fighting to hold >>>onto >>>>>its bragging rights as the world's foremost >>>automaker, >>>>>a claim usually staked on annual production >figures. >>>>> >>>>>In 2006, Toyota's global output climbed 10 per cent >>>to >>>>>9,018,000 vehicles. In contrast, GM produced >>>9,180,000 >>>>>vehicles worldwide -- a difference of about >162,000. >>>>> >>>>>Analysts have been saying it is only a matter of >>time >>>>>before Toyota, which has been gaining steadily on >>GM, >>>>>eclipses its rival. >>>>> >>>>>GM, which sells cars and trucks under a dozen >brands >>>>>including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Opel and >>>>>Saab, has seen its market share shrink in the >United >>>>>States even as it leads sales in China. >>>>> >>>>>GM has struggled to increase profit with job cuts >>and >>>>>plant closures as high fuel prices drove motorists >>>>>away from gas-guzzling vehicles. >>>>> >>>>>Meanwhile Toyota has been expanding, thanks partly >>to >>>>>the popularity of its fuel-efficient cars, >including >>>>>the Camry, Corolla and Prius gas-electric hybrid. >>>>> >>>>>A copy of Toyota's "global master plan'' leaked to >>>the >>>>>media late last year calls for grabbing 15 per cent >>>of >>>>>the world car market by 2010 in the company's >>mission >>>>>to surpass GM as the leading producer. >>>>> >>>>>But Toyota's pace of growth was slowed by some >>>hurdles >>>>>as vehicle recalls climbed to record levels in >>recent >>>>>years. >>>>> >>>>>Last year, the automaker recalled more than a >>million >>>>>vehicles in Japan and 760,000 in the United States, >>>>>raising fears the firm was stretching itself too >>thin >>>>>too fast. >>>>> >>>>>With files from The Associated Press [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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