LABOR SECRETARY, STARK ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL $7.9 MILLION TO AID UNEMPLOYED NUMMI WORKERSBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter The Fremont Nummi plant was reborn as Tesla Motors’ headquarters, but thousands of former employees still feel the bite of the poor economy…. Read More ›
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Green Day in Fremont
PHOTO: Special to The Citizen Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk at a press conference announcing a partnership between the two companies to build electric automobiles at the former Nummi auto plant in… Read More ›
Toyota says NUMMI to close in March 2010
PLANT CLOSURE WILL AFFECT MORE THAN 4,700 OUT-OF-WORK AUTO WORKERSToyota announced earlier today it will close the NUMMI plant by March of next year. The decision, which became increasingly likely after Toyota said earlier this week it would ratchet down… Read More ›
GM was Too Big to Fail, but is NUMMI?
SWEETHEART DEAL TO WORLD’S #1 CAR MAKER NEEDS TO BE EXAMINEDWhen John Garamendi attached the phrase “too big to fail” withthe rescue of NUMMI, the words conjure not unemployed auto workers by the thousands, but car manufacturers reaping the benefits… Read More ›
