Toyota delays U.S. crossover plant

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Johnny @ May 13th 2008 5:44PM

If you guys remember 2 years ago Jennifer Granholm the governor of Michigan went to Tokyo wore a Kimono and made a plea to open a factory in Detroit. The Japanese bosses were so pleased and humbled they promised they would.
They showed up in Detroit 5 months later looking for real estate and they encountered 600 barrel burning, flag bearing, rock throwing UAW people everywhere they went.
They got scared and left for Mississipii. Granholm later that evening blasted the locals for ruining their chance of bringing a huge plant to Michigan.
Now 3 years later rather than having a skilled workforce in Michigan they have to scrap together some workers in Mississippi.
So sad.

Here are some links for you:

http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-23442-115385--,00.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJqbYREp6pU

http://www.autoblog.com/2005/12/29/toyota-avoiding-unions/

elprogramer @ May 13th 2008 6:31PM

IIRC, they already have R&D here (around Ann Arbor) and most of those jobs aren't union anyway.

Don't get me wrong, 700 jobs would've been nice, but it was a token effort at best.

Corey W. @ May 14th 2008 8:48AM

But it was a start, who knows what it could have lead to...

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