Some companies do care for their workers. For example, during the floods in Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats continued to pay many of their employees asking them to help with sandbagging and flood relief.Quote:
Originally Posted by djkent01
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Some companies do care for their workers. For example, during the floods in Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats continued to pay many of their employees asking them to help with sandbagging and flood relief.Quote:
Originally Posted by djkent01
Does toyota have a union?
I don't think any of the foreign makes that produce in the US, to include Mitsubishi, are unionized. Mostly because the workers realize that if they did bring in the union they would actually be worse off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knownothing
There is a lot more that goes into a car than just assembly. It takes years of design and testing. Where was that done at? Accountants, lawyers, marketing, sales, IT, service, tech writing, yada yada... where are those jobs done at? Where are the raw materials coming from and what parts suppliers do they use?
A lot of it is probably done at the design and test centers that Toyota has in the US as well. And from what I've heard, Toyota tends to open factories in areas where the out-sourced components are local as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ames
I love my Toyota Celica GT! I have had both American and foreign cars in my 29 years of life. I have had a Mazda RX-7, Mercury Sable, Toyota MR2, Dodge Stealth, and an Olds Bravada. My foreign cars all ran better and had less problems. Toyota is a great company and don't be afaid to buy from them.
That's a standard way to get people into the dealership. People that drive normal cars get these calls and letters. People that buy on emotion and for the car get calls like hey we have a new whatever car that we are holding onto for you to test drive; stop by and beat the crap out of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy
Toyota has several excellent design facilities in the US. But they are more of the concept cars type design studio. It takes a lot of engineering to do the stuff no one thinks of. Design a knob, button, airbag, or whatever. The details take a lot of people.Quote:
Originally Posted by besserheimerphat
Your dodge was foreign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cystate22
Yep - that Dodge Stealth was just a purchased/repackaged Mitsubishi 3000GT. Nothing wrong with it - outstanding car actually. Just Japanese, not American.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmclone
Last I checked GM employed about 150,000 US workers and Toyota was at 35,000.
And that GM number goes down almost daily...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ames
If they were union they would have been fired because it would have cost them 5 billion to keep them around doing nothing.Quote:
I don't think any of the foreign makes that produce in the US, to include Mitsubishi, are unionized. Mostly because the workers realize that if they did bring in the union they would actually be worse off.
Very true. I'd like to see the number of US citizens GM supports. The amount of money spent on retired workers is unreal.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdoggivjc
Up until they slashed prices they were pretty similar. I guess I should say I have zero expectations of comparable cars having the same quality level when it comes to Honda/Toyota and domestics. For example a Ford Taurus and a Camry, IMO are not comparable in respect to quality but are comparable in price with a Taurus starting more expensive than a Camry. A Focus and a Corolla are similar in price but IMO, again not comparable in quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by capitalcityguy