From: JLA on
From LL

The newly-elected UAW president Bob King had quickly moved to
organize past and present UAW members to picket in front of Toyota
dealers nationwide.

Now, King and his fellow union members have officially begun their
efforts, which according to Automotive News stretches nationwide, yet
is largely focused in New York and California. �We�re going to show
these corporations that if they are unjust to our members that they
are going to pay a price,� King previously said. �It�s a better
business decision to work with us than treat people unfairly.�

King has advised the UAW to �adopt� a local Toyota dealership to
demonstrate at, with California being a focus due to the close of the
joint plant previously held by Toyota and General Motors. King hopes
to pressure Toyota to reopen its plant, despite the automaker already
announcing plans to shift production from the NUMMI location to a
non-unionized plant in Mississippi.

In addition to targeting Toyota with the picketing, King also hopes to
draw attention to what he sees as the importance of unionizing all
automakers and suppliers operating in the U.S., including efforts by
Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia and Honda.

From: ron on
has there ever been a survey of just how many UAW members have other than
cars made by their "brothers"?

I'll never buy a UAW made car again after finding out the costs caused by
the non-productive parts of their contracts.

From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on
JLA wrote:
> From LL
>
> The newly-elected UAW president Bob King had quickly moved to
> organize past and present UAW members to picket in front of Toyota
> dealers nationwide.
>
> Now, King and his fellow union members have officially begun their
> efforts, which according to Automotive News stretches nationwide, yet
> is largely focused in New York and California. ?We?re going to show
> these corporations that if they are unjust to our members that they
> are going to pay a price,? King previously said. ?It?s a better
> business decision to work with us than treat people unfairly.?
>
> King has advised the UAW to ?adopt? a local Toyota dealership to
> demonstrate at, with California being a focus due to the close of the
> joint plant previously held by Toyota and General Motors. King hopes
> to pressure Toyota to reopen its plant, despite the automaker already
> announcing plans to shift production from the NUMMI location to a
> non-unionized plant in Mississippi.
>
> In addition to targeting Toyota with the picketing, King also hopes to
> draw attention to what he sees as the importance of unionizing all
> automakers and suppliers operating in the U.S., including efforts by
> Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia and Honda.
>

It's the money game. The union has this idea that everyone ought to
make 43 dollars an hour and have all kind of benefits. In actuality
they create a monopoly that funnels money out of the pockets of non
union workers into theirs.