Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commission white paper

While working at UC Berkeley, I assisted Professor Harley Shaiken researching and editing his white paper he recently submitted to the Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commission. The report addresses and challenges Toyota's reasons for wanting to close the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. auto plant in Fremont, California.

The paper was officially released on March 3, 2010 at a press conference at California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer's office in Sacramento. The report can be found on State Treasurer Bill Lockyer's website here: http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/nummi/report.pdf

Treasurer Bill Lockyer also hosted a hearing on the proposed NUMMI auto plant closure at his office in San Francisco on February 24. These photos are from the Feb. 24, 2010 hearing.

Professor Harley Shaiken (right), the author of the white paper, speaks next to State Treasurer Bill Lockyer (left).

Art Pulaski, Blue Ribbon Commission Member and Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Federation of Labor speaks on why NUMMI should be left open and the 25,000 jobs that are at stake.

From the left, Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commissioners Richard Holober, Executive Director, Consumer Federation of California; California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer; Professor Harley Shaiken; Nina Moore, Fremont Chamber of Commerce; and Art Pulaski, California Federation of Labor.

Professor Harley Shaiken is interviewed by Channel 2 news.

Below is press on the Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commission and articles related to the proposed closure of NUMMI.

Editorials:

Dan Morain: NUMMI closure shows failure of California talk about job creation
Sacramento Bee, Feb. 28, 2010
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/02/28/2568917/dan-morain-nummi-closure-shows.html

Editorial: Toyota, stay loyal to Golden State
Sacramento Bee, March 5, 2010
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/05/2584048/toyota-stay-loyal-to-golden-state.html

Where Toyota Really Lost Its Way
by John Diaz
San Francisco Chronicle, March 7, 2010

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/07/IN5T1C1198.DTL

Media:


http://cbs13.com/ (see top story section of site)

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14506844

http://www.ktvu.com/money/22729035/detail.html

Articles in the Japanese Press on the Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commission visit to Japan on March 8, 2010.

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201003090393.html

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20100310a3.html

Newspaper articles in Japanese

(Note: to translate articles, enter URL into Google Translator: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#ja|en|

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20100309-OYT1T01138.htm

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/20100203-338161/news/20100308-OYT1T00913.htm

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/business/100309/biz1003091124008-n1.htm

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/business/100304/biz1003040922004-n1.htm

YouTube Links from Blue Ribbon Commission Feb. 24, 2010 hearing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3yCZ3n-Mw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrHPauhIHoM

YouTube Links from Blue Ribbon Commission March 3, 2010 press conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq6QMBkIsGo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyIrqgC44vI

Commissioner Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow's blog:

http://www.reyes-chow.com/2010/03/toyota-nummi-commission-japan.html

The Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commission was appointed by California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer to examine Toyota’s proposed closure of NUMMI.

The Toyota NUMMI Blue Ribbon Commission
  • Professor Harley Shaiken (chairman), University of California, Berkeley
  • Ellen M. Corbett, California State Senator, District 10
  • Danny Glover, Actor
  • Scott Haggerty, Alameda County Supervisor, District 1
  • Richard Holober, Executive Director, Consumer Federation of California
  • Bruce Kern, Executive Director, East Bay Economic Development Alliance
  • Nina Moore, Fremont Chamber of Commerce
  • Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
  • Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Federation of Labor
  • Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
  • Victor Uno, President, Port of Oakland Commission
  • Bob Wasserman, Mayor of Fremont

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