California to get dose of auto anguish
September 8, 2009
California to get dose of auto anguish
Closure could erase 40,000 jobs in state and eliminate Toyota’s only UAW plant
BY GREG GARDNER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Toyota’s decision to close its 25-year-old California factory where UAW workers build Corolla cars and Tacoma pickups has delivered a seismic, Detroit-like jolt to the once-invincible Silicon Valley economy.
The [...]