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From Chairman Mike Bullock:
There will be an informational meeting on "Green Jobs Training" at the Regional Collaboration Center 130 Larkin Williams Industrial Court Fenton, MO 63026 on Tuesday June 29, 2010 at 9:45 am. For more information call John A. Miller at 636-278-1360 ext 293 or the Collaboration Center at 636-305-2030. This training program is for laid off UAW workers.
From Automotive News: Supplier Denso Corp., the world's largest auto supplier and a Toyota affiliate, agreed to give workers at a China plant a pay rise of 800-900 yuan per month. Most workers currently earn 1,100-1,300 yuan per month ($161-$191). At least eight strikes in the past month have forced suppliers to Toyota, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. to raise wages in China, increasing the car makers' costs in the world's largest automobile market. Pressure for higher pay is rising as workers demand a greater share of the benefits of economic development, said Bill Russo, a Beijing-based senior adviser at Booz & Co. The workforce “has not been benefiting or participating in that development through the ability to consume the goods they are producing,” Russo said. “That imbalance has to be corrected.”
From Consumer Affairs: Toyota is dealing with another recall issue, this time with its luxury nameplate Lexus. The Japanese car maker said it is recalling 17,000 Lexus HS 250 hybrid models because U.S. government tests show they could leak fuel in a rear-end crash. Toyota also said it will halt sales of all HS 250 hybrids while it searches for a remedy to the problem. In a recall notice Friday NHTSA said the defect in the Lexus hybrid could result in a fire during a rear-end collision. In the late 1970s the Ford Pinto had a similar problem, which was blamed on 27 deaths.
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