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June 2010: "The Wall Street executives who needed the government to prop them up, but still thought their services were worth millions a year, were cast by Mr. Obama as a shameless privileged class. Toyota was described as seeking profits over safety; Wellpoint, the insurance giant, was castigated for seeking to insulate itself from the new health care legislation by taking actions that the law will soon prohibit."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/us/18assess.html

May 2010: "Toyota officials sought to develop a public relations campaign to attack the credibility of key witnesses who have testified before Congress about acceleration problems with the company's cars, according to documents provided to the House committee investigating the automaker."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051405390.html

August 2001: Threatened with a boycott backed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Toyota said today that it would commit nearly $8 billion over the next decade to diversify its work force and reach out to more minority suppliers and customers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/10/business/10JESS.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Lexus Organization Jun 12, 2009
Owned by (partial or full, past or present) Toyota Motor Corporation Organization Oct 18, 2006
Advised by (past or present) Alexis M. Herman Person Jul 15, 2006

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Jun 17, 2010 Obama’s Twist of BP’s Arm Stirs Debate on Frequent Tactic

QUOTE: President Obama’s successful move to force BP to establish a $20 billion compensation fund that the company will have no voice in allocating — just a down payment, the president insisted — may have been the most vivid example of what he recently called his determination to step in and do “what individuals couldn’t do and corporations wouldn’t do.” With that display of raw arm-twisting, Mr. Obama reinvigorated a debate about the renewed reach of government power, or, alternatively, the power of government overreach.

 New York Times
May 20, 2010 Groups spar over car black boxes as Congress mulls auto safety bill

QUOTE: A proposal to equip all new cars with "black boxes" to record crash data...But automakers and safety advocates disagree over the extent of the data the devices should collect and over the extent they should be able to survive the worst of crashes.

 Washington Post
May 15, 2010 Toyota had attack plan against congressional testimony, documents show

QUOTE: Toyota officials sought to develop a public relations campaign to attack the credibility of key witnesses who have testified before Congress about acceleration problems with the company's cars...

 Washington Post
Dec 12, 2008 Auto Bailout Talks Collapse as Senate Deadlocks Over Wages: Without a Deal, Carmakers Face Bankruptcy Threat

QUOTE: The legislation would have provided emergency loans to General Motors and Chrysler, which have said they face imminent collapse without federal help. The high-stakes talks broke down over when the wages of union workers would be slashed to the same level as those paid to nonunion workers at U.S. plants of foreign automakers...

 Washington Post
Dec 09, 2008 Car Dealers Brace for Closings, or for a Fight, as Detroit Seeks Help

QUOTE: It is possible fights could erupt between some dealers and the auto companies. Virtually every state has stringent laws that make it difficult for manufacturers to alter dealer contracts, even when they abandon brands, as General Motors is talking about doing. These laws have been a big impediment to auto companies in the past as they sought to cut their dealer networks.

 New York Times
Sep 27, 2007 GM, Union Agree on Contract to End Strike: Deal Seen as Model Across Industries

QUOTE: The 1950 deal set relations between the UAW and Detroit's Big Three for the second half of the 20th century. It established a blue-collar middle class but became increasingly oppressive to automakers faced with floods of cheaper, popular imports. At the core of the new deal is the transfer of retiree health-care payments from GM to the UAW. GM will pay an estimated $35 billion into a trust designed to appreciate in value and pay health-care benefits for retired workers for at least the next 80 years, the union estimated. In return, GM is able to unload a $51 billion burden in retiree health-care obligations from its books...

 Washington Post
Feb 26, 2006 Recourse for When That Sweet Ride Turns Sour: Car Buyers Who Get Clunkers Can Use Lemon Laws Against Automakers

QUOTE: Like automobiles, all lemon laws are not created equal. In fact, you could say some lemon laws are sorta like sucking lemons.

 Washington Post
Jan 24, 2005 Ford Relents, Allowing Ranger EV Drivers to Buy Leased Trucks

QUOTE: Abandoning its attempt to reclaim electric-powered pickup trucks from individuals who had leased the vehicles, the Ford Motor Company said last week that it would allow leaseholders of its Ford Ranger EV to purchase their vehicles.

 New York Times
May 30, 2004 Lawsuits: This Year’s Model

QUOTE: ...suing General Motors on the grounds that it made a car it knew was not safe enough to survive collisions with its other products, namely its large pickups and sport utility vehicles. The heart of the family's argument is that the company has been slow to equip vehicles with side air bags that protect people's heads...

 New York Times
Mar 28, 2004 Carmakers Pull Plug on Electric Vehicles

QUOTE: "It costs me $1.25 to charge the truck to get a 50-mile range," he said. "It's just criminal that in this time of war for oil and these ridiculous prices for gasoline that I would be forced to give up something that's helping clean the air, eliminate our dependence on foreign oil and is just such a great vehicle to drive."

 New York Times
Jan 08, 2002 Supreme Court Narrows Reach of Disability Law

QUOTE: The Supreme Court narrowed the reach of a landmark disability rights law Tuesday, ruling that an assembly line worker with carpal tunnel syndrome was not entitled to special treatment on the job.

 New York Times
Nov 07, 2001 Supreme Court Considers Limits of Disability Law

QUOTE: The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act protects the disabled against discrimination in the workplace. But a question remains: Just how disabled do you have to be to qualify for protection under the law?

 Washington Post
Aug 10, 2001 Toyota Earmarks {$8} Billion for Diversification Efforts

QUOTE: ...Toyota (news/quote) said today that it would commit nearly $8 billion over the next decade to diversify its work force and reach out to more minority suppliers and customers.

 New York Times