UAW picketing at Toyota dealers to start in CA and NY says King
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota, UAW/Unions
The recently-crowned king of the United Auto Workers, President Bob King, has a monumental task before him: reverse the decades-long decline in UAW membership. To do that the UAW will likely need to make inroads at transplant automaker plants, and to accomplish this goal King promises to be more active in staging demonstrations than in the past, and an early target is Toyota and California. Automotive News reports that the UAW is organizing protests in front of several Toyota dealerships in the Golden State to draw attention to the recently closed NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA.
The facility, which was making the Toyota Corolla and Matrix until it was shuttered in April, was the only unionized facility producing Toyotas in North America. The closing of NUMMI, which happened in part because General Motors pulled out of its agreement with Toyota during its bankruptcy in 2009, left thousands of UAW workers without a job. Toyota has since sold the NUMMI facility to Tesla Motors, who will utilize only a portion of the plant and hire around 1,000 workers. Toyota did spring for a considerable severance package of nearly $300 million for the laid-off workers when the plant closed.
Of course the group most upset about the upcoming protests is the American International Automobile Dealers Association. AIADA president Cody Lusk claims that the protests will only hurt small businesses that supply plenty of American jobs, adding
“An assault on America’s auto retail industry will only serve to highlight the disconnect between the UAW and reality.”
[Source: Automotive News - Sub. Req. | Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty]
UAW picketing at Toyota dealers to start in CA and NY says King originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Golden Oak: Why Disney’s Latest Real Estate Gamble Isn’t Such a Goofy Move
Jun 23, 2010 Object
The Walt Disney Co.’s luxury real estate venture, the Golden Oak Residential Resort Community, may actually stand a chance — even in Florida’s depressed real estate market.
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Who Will Be Team USA’s MMP (Most Marketable Player)?
Jun 23, 2010 Object
The U.S. team scored a big victory over Algeria to advance to the next round of the World Cup in South Africa. Will Team USA’s run at the Cup launch Landon Donovan, Tim Howard or Jozy Altidore into the stratosphere of sports endorsement deals?
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Who Will Be Team USA’s MMP (Most Marketable Player)? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:20:00.
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How 401 k Plans Work
Jun 19, 2010 Object
Most of us have heard of it, many of us participate in it and lots of us have no idea what it really is. It makes saving for the golden years a lot easier than it used to be. Find out about 401(k) plans.
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Nintendo Wii Supreme wows with gold and diamonds
Dec 18, 2009 Object
The other week we saw the golden PS3 Slim and now, we have the Nintendo Wii Supreme to wow us. This luxury gaming console set in gold also has some diamonds and some 2,500 grams of solid 22 carat gold as described. The diamonds in the front buttons weigh about …
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Dan Adler, California Clean Energy Fund: Seed-stage energy investments
Oct 6, 2009 Object
Filed under: Energy, Technology
As a senior analyst in the Division of Strategic Planning at the California Public Utilities Commission, Dan Adler designed California’s ambitious clean energy policy, which put a 20 percent target on renewable energy use by the Golden State’s utilities by the year 2010.
Four years ago, Adler moved over to the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), a non-profit venture capital entity created to enhance innovation in clean energy by funding early-stage startups. CalCEF is an “evergreen” fund that reinvests any profits in additional startups or research programs in renewables and energy efficiency.
In 2006, CalCEF raised a $30 million fund that Adler now helps oversee as president of the organization. Last year Adler oversaw the creation of a follow-on fund specifically targeting angel-type investments of $500,000 or less. Adler is an expert in renewable energy policy at both the national and state level and has the rare perspective of both a regulator and an investor. I got a chance to speak with Adler at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum West last week. Here are edited excerpts:
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