Posted on 26 June 2008. Tags: National Labor Committee, Prius, Toyota, workers rights
Not to be holier than thou, I understand why its cool to drive a Prius–rented one recently on a trip and loved that gas mileage. Clean for the environment, easy on the wallet–what’s not to like? How about this: Your Prius is being made by workers who are being driven to the brink of […]
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Posted on 04 July 2007. Tags: Auto Industry, Globalization, International Metalworkers Federation, Toyota, Toyota Motor Philippine Corporation Workers Association
   A whole lot of people love to heap praise on the way the Japanese auto companies do business. Unfortunately, the mainstream press rarely looks at the seamier side of what happens to workers for Toyota. Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation, is continuing to deny reinstatement to 136 illegally dismissed workers–even though the Supreme Court of […]
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