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The plant sits on 2,000 acres (8 km²) and includes roughly 2,000,000 square feet (200,000 m²) of assembly space. |
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Toyota has been given $133 million by Texas taxpayers. <ref>http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=toyota+san+antionio+subsidies&fr=yfp-t-501&u=www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/bbdeal/bd030210.htm&w=toyota+san+antionio+antonio+subsidies&d=Xx8xgELURqxX&icp=1&.intl=us</ref>Toyota promised "good jobs” in return for the subsidies it was given by American communities. Instead Toyota has given low wage communities $12 an hour jobs with little or no healthcare, firing of employees who are injured at work, and relying on temporary workers that earn half the wages of a permanent employee.<ref>http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/04/16/toyota-another-circuit-city/</ref> |
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Toyota dealers from all over the country gathered here for the 2006 grand opening. |
Toyota dealers from all over the country gathered here for the 2006 grand opening. |
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Revision as of 21:27, 9 November 2008
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (NYSE: TMMTX) is a truck factory based in San Antonio, Texas. It is owned and operated by Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan, one of six manufacturing plants.
As of November 2006, the $1.2 Billion factory is complete and has begun production of 2007 Tundra trucks. Located nearby is one of the largest supplier-oriented business parks in the United States.
The plant sits on 2,000 acres (8 km²) and includes roughly 2,000,000 square feet (200,000 m²) of assembly space.
Corporate Welfare and Government Subsidies
Toyota has been given $133 million by Texas taxpayers. [1]Toyota promised "good jobs” in return for the subsidies it was given by American communities. Instead Toyota has given low wage communities $12 an hour jobs with little or no healthcare, firing of employees who are injured at work, and relying on temporary workers that earn half the wages of a permanent employee.[2]
Toyota dealers from all over the country gathered here for the 2006 grand opening.
Vehicles produced:
- 2007 Toyota Tundra
See also
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