Illinois scratched from Toyota-Mazda factory sweepstakes

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Yup who would want to build a company in a non right to work state


Illinois scratched from Toyota-Mazda factory sweepstakes

Illinois out of the running for the prized 4,000-job assembly plant that Toyota and Mazda are planning to open in the United States.

The apparent reasons: lack of shovel-ready sites and the state's failure to adopt a right-to-work law.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American unit declined to comment on any aspect of the site search. Crain's Chicago Business is an affiliate of Automotive News.

Mark Peterson, president and CEO of Intersect Illinois, the state's privately run economic development corporation, said in an interview and email that while no formal announcement has been made, his sources tell him Illinois is not among the three or four finalists for the $1.3 billion factory.

"While we showed very well, particularly in the areas of workforce, and our proposal was very well received, in the end the site readiness of some other locations took us out of the consideration set going forward," Peterson said.

There also is strong reason to believe that Illinois' strong pro-union stance — neighboring states now have right-to-work laws allowing workers not to join a union or pay union dues — was a determining factor, too, Peterson added.


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Why would anybody open a business in Illinois? It's got one of the worst business climates in the country. The state is heavily in debt and it has some of the highest taxes on its residents of any state.
 
Yup who would want to build a company in a non right to work state


Illinois scratched from Toyota-Mazda factory sweepstakes

Illinois out of the running for the prized 4,000-job assembly plant that Toyota and Mazda are planning to open in the United States.

The apparent reasons: lack of shovel-ready sites and the state's failure to adopt a right-to-work law.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American unit declined to comment on any aspect of the site search. Crain's Chicago Business is an affiliate of Automotive News.

Mark Peterson, president and CEO of Intersect Illinois, the state's privately run economic development corporation, said in an interview and email that while no formal announcement has been made, his sources tell him Illinois is not among the three or four finalists for the $1.3 billion factory.

"While we showed very well, particularly in the areas of workforce, and our proposal was very well received, in the end the site readiness of some other locations took us out of the consideration set going forward," Peterson said.

There also is strong reason to believe that Illinois' strong pro-union stance — neighboring states now have right-to-work laws allowing workers not to join a union or pay union dues — was a determining factor, too, Peterson added.


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Toyota moved their HQ out of KKKalifornia a few years ago.
 
Yup who would want to build a company in a non right to work state


Illinois scratched from Toyota-Mazda factory sweepstakes

Illinois out of the running for the prized 4,000-job assembly plant that Toyota and Mazda are planning to open in the United States.

The apparent reasons: lack of shovel-ready sites and the state's failure to adopt a right-to-work law.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American unit declined to comment on any aspect of the site search. Crain's Chicago Business is an affiliate of Automotive News.

Mark Peterson, president and CEO of Intersect Illinois, the state's privately run economic development corporation, said in an interview and email that while no formal announcement has been made, his sources tell him Illinois is not among the three or four finalists for the $1.3 billion factory.

"While we showed very well, particularly in the areas of workforce, and our proposal was very well received, in the end the site readiness of some other locations took us out of the consideration set going forward," Peterson said.

There also is strong reason to believe that Illinois' strong pro-union stance — neighboring states now have right-to-work laws allowing workers not to join a union or pay union dues — was a determining factor, too, Peterson added.


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Toyota moved their HQ out of KKKalifornia a few years ago.


And to think the democrats say they are for the worker...where's the jobs?



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And the same right wing jackasses complain about the flat wages of American workers. Are you fools so dumb you can see the writing on the wall.

"With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed." Clarence Darrow

Challenge your thinking, it is only the people who can create change, the politicians are in it for corporations and themselves.

Buy American, the job you save may be your own or your children's.

Sources: Check how much you support America and its workers.

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And the same right wing jackasses complain about the flat wages of American workers. Are you fools so dumb you can see the writing on the wall.

"With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed." Clarence Darrow

Challenge your thinking, it is only the people who can create change, the politicians are in it for corporations and themselves.

Buy American, the job you save may be your own or your children's.

Sources: Check how much you support America and its workers.

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This is not 1922, it is 2017 and they have not done a damn thing in the past 40 years or so except run off jobs.
 
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Central and Southern Illinois could have used those jobs. Cost of living in those regions are low and the pay from Toyota-Mazada would have been a lot more than most jobs in those regions.

Just not that other private sector and governemnt sector jobs would have benefited from the plant.

Oh well maybe Kentucky is on that list...
 
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Central and Southern Illinois could have used those jobs. Cost of living in those regions are low and the pay from Toyota-Mazada would have been a lot more than most jobs in those regions.

Just not that other private sector and governemnt sector jobs would have benefited from the plant.

Oh well maybe Kentucky is on that list...

They were too expensive, need to go down south to the GOP states, which pay min wage, if that.
 
Central and Southern Illinois could have used those jobs. Cost of living in those regions are low and the pay from Toyota-Mazada would have been a lot more than most jobs in those regions.

Just not that other private sector and governemnt sector jobs would have benefited from the plant.

Oh well maybe Kentucky is on that list...

They were too expensive, need to go down south to the GOP states, which pay min wage, if that.

You need to study cost of living before even commenting on what I wrote.

Also outside Chi-Town and it Burbs Illinois is more red than Texas. You have never lived in Illinois or been too Joliet or south of it because if you have, well you would know Illnois is red except in the Chi-Town region.

So please know this and I live better in Texas than I would in Illinois!
 
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Central and Southern Illinois could have used those jobs. Cost of living in those regions are low and the pay from Toyota-Mazada would have been a lot more than most jobs in those regions.

Just not that other private sector and governemnt sector jobs would have benefited from the plant.

Oh well maybe Kentucky is on that list...

They were too expensive, need to go down south to the GOP states, which pay min wage, if that.

You need to study cost of living before even commenting on what I wrote.

Also outside Chi-Town and it Burbs Illinois is more red than Texas. You have never lived in Illinois or been too Joliet or sputh of it because if you have, well you would know Illnois is red except in the Chi-Town region.

So please know this and I live better in Texas than I would in Illinois!

I'm sure, since TX has no state income tax.
 
Central and Southern Illinois could have used those jobs. Cost of living in those regions are low and the pay from Toyota-Mazada would have been a lot more than most jobs in those regions.

Just not that other private sector and governemnt sector jobs would have benefited from the plant.

Oh well maybe Kentucky is on that list...

They were too expensive, need to go down south to the GOP states, which pay min wage, if that.

You need to study cost of living before even commenting on what I wrote.

Also outside Chi-Town and it Burbs Illinois is more red than Texas. You have never lived in Illinois or been too Joliet or sputh of it because if you have, well you would know Illnois is red except in the Chi-Town region.

So please know this and I live better in Texas than I would in Illinois!

I'm sure, since TX has no state income tax.

Yeah, you should educate yourself on how much in sales and property tax us landowners pay.

Simple minds need to study the taxes before commenting...
 
Central and Southern Illinois could have used those jobs. Cost of living in those regions are low and the pay from Toyota-Mazada would have been a lot more than most jobs in those regions.

Just not that other private sector and governemnt sector jobs would have benefited from the plant.

Oh well maybe Kentucky is on that list...

We already have a huge Toyota plant in Georgetown KY that is being expanded.
 
And the same right wing jackasses complain about the flat wages of American workers. Are you fools so dumb you can see the writing on the wall.

"With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed." Clarence Darrow

Challenge your thinking, it is only the people who can create change, the politicians are in it for corporations and themselves.

Buy American, the job you save may be your own or your children's.

Sources: Check how much you support America and its workers.

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Clarence Darrow lived lived a long time ago. By the 1970s unions were synonymous with the mob. Not the political mob the organised crime type.
 

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