The new president of the United Auto Workers, Bob King, has called for picket lines in front of Toyota dealers, ostensibly because Toyota manufacturing and assembly plants in the US, like all other foreign-owned assembly and manufacturing plants in the US, are non-union.You can read more about it here, at the Detroit News. One is [...]
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United Auto Workers Union Attacks Right To Work Assembly Plants
by William Thomas MacLachlan on June 23, 2010 · 0 comments
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The new president of the United Auto Workers, Bob King, has called for picket lines in front of Toyota dealers, ostensibly because Toyota manufacturing and assembly plants in the US, like all other foreign-owned assembly and manufacturing plants in the US, are non-union.You can read more about it here, at the Detroit News. One is [...]
Tagged as: AFL-CIO, Bankruptcy court, Bob King, General Motors, GM bond holders, Henry Waxman, Right to work states, Toyota Motor Corporation, Transplant auto assembly plants, UAW, UAW President, United Auto Workers
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