•The election for Shop District 3 Committeeperson (trim) will be Tuesday, June 22. Polls are open from 4:30 am to 7 pm. The candidates are Murry Randall, Steve Williams and Leslea McCord.
•The J.D. Power 2009 Initial Quality Survey (IQS) results were released late last week. For the first time ever, combined domestic quality was better than import brands.GM had 10 top-3 models and 4 class winners: Avalanche, Sierra, Tahoe and Escalade. Lansing Grand River received the bronze award and was the only US plant in the top three. Unfortunately, there is no J.D. Power tracking for the G-Van and therefore no plant score for Wentzville. The Toyota brand plunged from #6 to #21.
•From the AP: A strike at one of Toyota's China-based parts suppliers ended today, allowing production to resume at its nearby auto plant Monday after a one-day stop, the Japanese automaker said. The strike is among several that have plagued Toyota and Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. in China, which has been shaken by unrest among migrant workers who are becoming increasingly vocal in their demands for a piece of China's growing prosperity. Workers at a plastic parts factory of Toyota Motor Corp. affiliate Toyoda Gosei Co. in the northeastern city of Tianjin went on strike Thursday, forcing the plant's production line to shut down in the afternoon. The Kyodo news agency, citing officials in China, reported that workers at Toyoda Gosei agreed to an earlier management proposal for a 20 percent wage raise from the previous year, although they had sought a bigger pay increase. The walkout followed a one-day strike by workers at another Toyoda Gosei unit and Toyota supplier, Tianjin Star Light Rubber and Plastic Co., which ended Wednesday after thecompany agreed to review the pay for its 800 workers.
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