CA loses 2000 jobs to non-union Mississippi (6/17/10, not in CCTimes)
Posted on June 17, 2010
Filed Under California, Stories Ignored by CCTimes
!!! Although the CCTimes did run a story in the Business section today, June 18, the story did not cover the reasons for moving production (which is what this is in the end) from California to Mississippi. We can assure you it is NOT because Mississippi loaned money to Toyota.
While California gets the pipe-dream and unproven Tesla, Toyota closes Nummi in Fremont and opens a plant with 2000 employees in business-friendly Mississippi.
Who wins? Employees in Mississippi.
Who loses? Union employees in California who priced themselves out of the market, businesses that supplied Nummi in Fremont, residents of Fremont, and residents of California because they’ll have to make up the lost tax revenue.
Why did Toyota move? AB32? Probably. Union control of the State? Probably.
Where’s the Contra Costa Times on this story?
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