Comments on: Stick a Fork in NUMMI … Again. Is This It?

By: Johnny Wadd

Johnny Wadd — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:53:05 +0000

To Mr. “True American”, I understand that you work for NUMMI and you must be completely uneducated. Nummi is not a Toyota Plant; it’s a plant that is owned and operated independently by NUMMI, not Toyota. It’s not Toyota’s fault that GM (there partner) bailed out in late August and Toyota had to pay for your outrageous Union labor costs because you graduated high school and can tighten bolts. You should be thankful Toyota has offered you a severance. When most companies go out of business, what do you get? A kick out the door. Be happy you got anything. It’s not Toyota’s fault. Its a few factors 1) GM bailed out in August of 2009, 2) Your union labor is too expensive, 3) It isn’t cost efficient for Toyota to keep paying for NUMMI to make cars from there. Simple

By: True American

True American — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:55:11 +0000

Toyota’s has always dictated the word “we must have mutual trust and respect and Job Security” ,now we see the true colors of toyota, a captain is a coward to jump off the ship before it sinks. All of us Nummi team members gave the best part of there working lives working under the toyota name and this is how the toyota’s mutual trust and respect is honored.
Now let me tell you someting mr. toyota without respect you are nothing. Nummi is sinking because you are running away during tuff times, you should be ashamed of yourself. The toyota family should not sell cars in california if nummi closes, only the foreign scabs will tell you otherwise, well let me tell you something scabs go back to your homeland country where you belong, because in this country we have a right to unionize our american workforce. California families buy most of the U.S. toyota’s ,It’s only right that toyota will not let the Nummi families sink after 25 year here. Nobody is bringing up the fact that toyota shifted part of the Nummi truck production to the Mexico workers, which only get $10.00 a day wages, nobody in the USA can compete with this free trade agreement our USA elected polititions brain stormed out of CEO corporate greed. Our polititions should protect our economy so US workers will be served first, not foreigners. toyota is conspiring to distroy the American free right to organized labor in USA.(now nummi is the only union auto plant that toyota has, and toyota does not want the other US toyota plants to advance to the american ways of unions). unions are the worker who want there fair share and nothing more.

By: Stephen J.

Stephen J. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:12:23 +0000

Unions have no place in a free market. Wages are determined by job demands, not some artificial # that they want. It’s good that Toyoda pull out before they lose money on their cars like GM.