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The problem is that there isn't much union solidarity across countries and companies have completely different labor relations in different countries. As an ex
by hristov 3y ago
The problem is that there isn't much union solidarity across countries and companies have completely different labor relations in different countries.
As an example, all Japanese automakers that start factories in the US start them in anti-union states and take a very hostile anti-union stance. This is in contrast with the very pro union stance these companies take in Japan. But Japanese workers do not strike in solidarity with american workers. They consider america a completely different issue.
Thus, it is guaranteed that as Nippon takes over US steel, they will be as hostile to unions as the laws will allow them, regardless of what their policies in Japan are.
- graphe 3y agoToyota started in California at a union plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI saw it on asianometry.
- s3p 3y agoNUMMI wasn't just Toyota, it was a collaboration between GM and Toyota. So this example isn't really representative of typical Japanese automaker presence in the country.
- alephnerd 3y agoAnd then they shut down and became a non-Union Tesla factory.
- Spooky23 3y agoThat was a joint venture, many years ago. They also chose to open their RAV-4 production facility in Alabama vs. Ontario, despite the fact that the literacy levels of Alabamians was lower to the extent that production documentation had to be converted to pictures, adding delays. Paying illiterates $17/hr is cheaper than paying union workers $28.
- graphe 3y agoWhat benefit does Toyota get for opening in Ontario? The article's union I mentioned didn't usually have more than a high school education.
- fennecbutt 3y agoAsianometery is fucking great and I hope he randomly comes across this one day; thank you for all your hard work, dude. You're a machine!