Toyota is starting to feel the heat...

[BarneyFife]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070208/BUSINESS01/702080429

Toyota Motor Corp. must hold down growth of its U.S. manufacturing wages and benefits, which are among the highest in the auto industry and are growing faster than the company's profit margin, according to a high-level company report obtained by the Free Press.

The report from Seiichi (Sean) Sudo, president of Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing in North America, said Toyota should strive to align hourly wages more closely with prevailing manufacturing pay in the state where each plant is located, "and not tie ourselves so closely to the U.S. auto industry, or other competitors."

Great news. Let Toyota start to feel some heat.

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: BarneyFife
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070208/BUSINESS01/702080429

Toyota Motor Corp. must hold down growth of its U.S. manufacturing wages and benefits, which are among the highest in the auto industry and are growing faster than the company's profit margin, according to a high-level company report obtained by the Free Press.

The report from Seiichi (Sean) Sudo, president of Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing in North America, said Toyota should strive to align hourly wages more closely with prevailing manufacturing pay in the state where each plant is located, "and not tie ourselves so closely to the U.S. auto industry, or other competitors."

Great news. Let Toyota start to feel some heat.

What is your problem with Toyota? They make the most reliable cars in the industry, and pay some of the highest wages.

In a memo to workers at the plant after the report was circulated, Toyota noted that workers at Georgetown earned $3 an hour more than the U.S. auto industry standard. The Free Press reported last week the workers averaged $30 an hour, including bonuses.

In the follow-up memo, Toyota pointed out that workers at Georgetown and at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Fremont, Calif., which Toyota owns with GM, are the highest-paid autoworkers in the United States.

The Free Press reported last week that at least some nonunion Toyota workers for the first time last year earned more than UAW assembly workers for Detroit's automakers

 

[Termagant]

Remember who bombed us at Pearl!!!!

But the German automakers are great because they're White.

 

[k1pp3r]

Originally posted by: Termagant
Remember who bombed us at Pearl!!!!

But the German automakers are great because they're White.

So. . . does that mean they are gonna blow up all our cars at once?

 

[cumhail]

Originally posted by: k1pp3r

Originally posted by: Termagant
Remember who bombed us at Pearl!!!!

But the German automakers are great because they're White.

So. . . does that mean they are gonna blow up all our cars at once?

Wasn't it Ford that once seemed to be doing that?

 

[Aimster]

I love Toyota

I hate almost everything American companies put out. The things I like , I cannot afford. Therefore, go Toyota!!

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: cumhail

Originally posted by: k1pp3r

Originally posted by: Termagant
Remember who bombed us at Pearl!!!!

But the German automakers are great because they're White.

So. . . does that mean they are gonna blow up all our cars at once?

Wasn't it Ford that once seemed to be doing that?

They only caught fire.... 😉

 

[bctbct]

Originally posted by: marincounty

What is your problem with Toyota? They make the most reliable cars in the industry, and pay some of the highest wages.

In a memo to workers at the plant after the report was circulated, Toyota noted that workers at Georgetown earned $3 an hour more than the U.S. auto industry standard. The Free Press reported last week the workers averaged $30 an hour, including bonuses.

Bet that includes OT since they operate about about 104% capacity on average.

In the follow-up memo, Toyota pointed out that workers at Georgetown and at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Fremont, Calif., which Toyota owns with GM, are the highest-paid autoworkers in the United States.

Yes, but CA. is Union and Georgetown is set for a wage slow down, according to this thread.

The Free Press reported last week that at least some nonunion Toyota workers for the first time last year earned more than UAW assembly workers for Detroit's automakers

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Since the UAW current contract has new hires starting in the $16-17 range, and only some make that.



I think the writer was trying to mislead readers, in fact I think some readers may have fallen for it. I didnt.


And if you spent any time at all using google you would find that Toyota has been churning out lousy cars the last 5 or so years.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Termagant
Remember who bombed us at Pearl!!!!

Subaru (then known as Nakajima) and Mitsubishi? 😕

Toyota made trucks during WWII.

 

[cumhail]

Originally posted by: Strk

Originally posted by: cumhail

Originally posted by: k1pp3r

Originally posted by: Termagant
Remember who bombed us at Pearl!!!!

But the German automakers are great because they're White.

So. . . does that mean they are gonna blow up all our cars at once?

Wasn't it Ford that once seemed to be doing that?

They only caught fire.... 😉

The Pintos?

 

[imported_Shivetya]

The Free Press reported last week that at least some nonunion Toyota workers for the first time last year earned more than UAW assembly workers for Detroit's automakers.


and unlike a lot of those UAW members they will still have their jobs next year.


The real reason that Detroit is dieing is because the workers see themselves as UAW first, Chrysler, Ford, and GM, second.


The union is past its time, the problem is that its willing to take the auto manufacturers with it.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Shivetya
The Free Press reported last week that at least some nonunion Toyota workers for the first time last year earned more than UAW assembly workers for Detroit's automakers.


and unlike a lot of those UAW members they will still have their jobs next year.


The real reason that Detroit is dieing is because the workers see themselves as UAW first, Chrysler, Ford, and GM, second.


The union is past its time, the problem is that its willing to take the auto manufacturers with it.

Take away the threat of Unionization and watch those great wages and benifits drop like a rock.

 

[judasmachine]

I don't see the brass feeling any heat, I see their employees about to take a reaming.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Shivetya
The Free Press reported last week that at least some nonunion Toyota workers for the first time last year earned more than UAW assembly workers for Detroit's automakers.


and unlike a lot of those UAW members they will still have their jobs next year.


The real reason that Detroit is dieing is because the workers see themselves as UAW first, Chrysler, Ford, and GM, second.


The union is past its time, the problem is that its willing to take the auto manufacturers with it.

Take away the threat of Unionization and watch those great wages and benifits drop like a rock.

Yet Ford had the best wages and benefits in the industry prior to its forced unionization in 1941. Hell, it was Ford, not the unions, who introduced the 40 hour work week.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Shivetya
The Free Press reported last week that at least some nonunion Toyota workers for the first time last year earned more than UAW assembly workers for Detroit's automakers.


and unlike a lot of those UAW members they will still have their jobs next year.


The real reason that Detroit is dieing is because the workers see themselves as UAW first, Chrysler, Ford, and GM, second.


The union is past its time, the problem is that its willing to take the auto manufacturers with it.

Take away the threat of Unionization and watch those great wages and benifits drop like a rock.

Yet Ford had the best wages and benefits in the industry prior to its forced unionization in 1941. Hell, it was Ford, not the unions, who introduced the 40 hour work week.

Yeah and??