This Can't Be Good: Toyota Opting Out of Automotive Antislavery Coalition?

Good for Toyota.

"Good for Toyota"

Are you nuts man?
I guest you must be a white persone who's never been affected by the effect of slavery or you are just too stupid to understand the article.

Did you know how much VW/Audi had to pay to the Jewish people for slave labor during the nazi's crazy rampage?
Maybe we should have trusted them when they say the whole thing never happend.

Why would any one trust a company that is so hungry for world dominance to do right thing on their own?

I know! just fire any one who would have the guts to stand up.

I guest now we see why China is copying toyota's way of doing business. I bet they will never put that on their commercials that tell us they are the savior of our economy.

I hope this comes back to bite them in the butt, but after all this world is full of ignorant people like El34, Jason who care only for themselves.

Great for Toyota. Way to get things done on your own. You don't need some Lefty Union Group that requires a bunch of money and will be nothing but a bunch Bureaucratic Yuppies that require lavish lifestyles!!! Does this remind anyone of the UN!!!!!

I don't know about this guys, some things are better done in groups. Stand together as an industry and show a united front against oppression. To harbor out on your own with such a sensitive topic, leads to speculation of your true motives.

Toyota needs to be very proactive and vocal in their efforts or they will go under scrutiny for either lack of concern or worst yet condoning the practice to save money.

Case in point. Wal-Mart is coming under a lot of pressure and negative press about undocumented labor from vendors. I would not want to be in Toyota's shoes if the press turns this negative on them like it did for Wal-Mart. It will be like a roman candle going up.

And for the record: While I am not a Toyota fan. I do think they are sitting this out truly thinking they can do a better job with their suppliers. However it is a much larger issue..

I agree, unless it is proven by Toyota that they are against slavery here - this whole thing can backfire on them.

Who cares about the media!!! There are plenty of outlets now where you can get the truth. Toyota could just not buy anything from these vendors. It is that simple. They don't have to join an association and pay of bureaucrats to do it for them.

It is not quite that simple

Yep! it also remind me of our president. Do it on your own even when people (Powel) of your own organization advised you against it.

At the end who get rich and richer? The oil men (President Bush/good old Dick..)

To the poster above making the comparo between Toyota and Walmart..
They couldnt be more different. Walmart has a history of paying below market wages, bad labor practises and a generally poor relations with its employees.
Toyota on the other hand has always maintained a solid relationship with its labor. More so then most autocompanies as most of the management comes from labor unlike say GM, Ford or any German company.

I agree with them about not paying abunch of lefties who simply preach and then simply pocket the money ..
Hate to say it but the rainbow coalition (Jesse Jackson) in the US is the same. They do nothing for African americans or for their employment prospects and really serve as a enrichment device for Jesse Jackson.

please post a useful article.

ditto.........

Toyota took this stand simply because they have their own source of suppliers that they have developed over the years and are not like the other car makers who are playing catch up to Toyota and need some sort of coalition in order to find a way to catch Toyota. Exept for Honda, the other three car makers are in some sort of financial trouble and have quality issues in their cars.

Man it some dumb asses on this post.....EL34..Jason..hope it aint your kids one day