^i can agree witht that... but....what unions are in place at the Nissan, Toyota and Honda plants in America? Is it UAW?

 

No. It's all separate I believe. We have a huge plant in Fremont called NUMMI and it's union is by Nelson Engineering (or Nelson something). It's a 'Yota factory.

Can't speak for the others though.

 

None, they are not unionized.

 

THen maybe NUMMI is unionized because it's not actually a toyota factory, but a private factory leased out to Toyota?

I think that's it.

 

you are correct... I didn't know...i just looked it up...... i know the UAW has been trying like hell to get in... apparently unsuccessfully....

http://www.uaw.org/uawmade/auto/2009/index.cfm

 

Nummi is a joint venture between gm and toyota, therefore they would be represented by the UAW if my memory serves me right.

 

I stand corrected. Just confirmed with my dad, it is UAW, and a joint venture with GM.

 

I wasn't trying to correct you, just throwing out what I remember from when I worked for Toyota when that was being phased in.

 

No I know! I was more correcting myself.

 

Most of the Toyota plants have their own contracts with their workers. You are correct though about the joint ventures with GM that then has some UAW presence.

Since I work for Toyota I hear nothing but great things about their plants. I mainly hear about the final assembly plants like Georgetown KY, Sanantonio TX, and Princeton IN.

I honestly forget how the Cambridge Ontario plant works. They build the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix there as well as some Corollas.