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It's less clear that NUMMI failed to meet Toyota's goals for it.
by ska 3y ago
It's less clear that NUMMI failed to meet Toyota's goals for it.
- xp84 3y agoRight, and that could be just as much a reflection of the fact that American workers are very different than Japanese workers. Also in a high-cost place like the Bay Area I can see how it would be hard to make a case to keep that particular plant, instead of an inland plant like 90% of foreign automaker US plants are. And once you decide yes, let's move production to Kentucky or whatever, so our employees' rent will be $1000 instead of $2500, that's not going to be a union shop. None of this means that NUMMI failed or even that Toyota hates unions. I think all this would have gone roughly the same even if NUMMI had become a non-union shop under Toyota.
- AlbertCory 3y agoGM was what failed. Your argument about the Bay Area falls apart when we consider the Saturn plant in Tennessee. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a4536/4332298/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a4536/4332298/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/saturn-a-wealth-of-lessons-from-failure/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/saturn-a-wealth-...