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Toyota Threatens 50,000 California Jobs!

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced plans to close the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, California. For 25 years, NUMMI workers have made award winning, high quality cars for Toyota. While the economic crisis has affected the auto industry worldwide, Toyota has never closed a factory or laid off a single full time worker in Japan- apparently, Toyota feels California workers are more expendable.

All Californians will be impacted!

The closure of NUMMI will have a devastating impact on California's already ailing economy and on every California family. At stake are the jobs of 4,500 auto workers and 50,000 supplier and support workers at more than 1,000 businesses throughout the state. Job loss of this magnitude will have a crippling effect on small businesses in our communities and drastically reduce tax revenue needed for roads, parks, schools, and other public services.

Toyota may not want our workers - but they still want our MONEY!

California is by far Toyota's single biggest market for automobile sales in the United States. Californians have supported Toyota not only as consumers but also as taxpayers, financing the recent federal "cash for clunkers" program which benefited Toyota more than any other car company. And now, Toyota has launched a $1 billion marketing campaign to increase sales in California and the U.S. - at the same time they are shipping our jobs away!

Toyotas bought here should be made here!

Californians have the power- we are the 8th largest economy in the world- to insist Toyota honor its commitment to produce quality cars in our state. Sign the petition and take the pledge not to purchase Toyota products if Toyota closes the NUMMI plant. By standing together, we can save 50,000 good paying jobs.

SIGN THE PETITION TODAY

Go to www.uaw2865.org to sign the petition. For more information, call UAW Local 2244 at (510) 657-0800