He got a great deal on their current factory in Fremont after it was abandoned by Toyota.
fine, so long as you use your own dam money, not taxpayer’s
But not the UAW contracts, I’m sure.
It was very sad seeing all those people at GM being told that they were out of a job, just weeks before Christmas.
Someone must have wanted for these people to experience pain at this time. There had to be better ways that could have been handled.
It would be great if another large corporation would buy the remnants of the GM companies and put many of these folks back to work. However, I’m not sure Elon Musk is the man to do it.
He’s been very flakey and unpredictable all summer long.
Maybe he’ll be backed by others in this venture, should he decide to take it on. Maybe it won’t just be him trying to impress people.
Bloomberg, November 20, 2018.
Almost ONE BILLION DOLLARS in subsidies and the place is nearly idle!
He is no match for the UAW.
Even if Musk could get a subsidized deal, as well as an initial deal to keep the unions out, even after signing a contract which prohibits unions, once these previously unionized employees are rehired, they will hold a vote, nullifying this portion of the contract, and put him out of business very quickly.
Forget any reprieve from the courts and Democrat Party which reside over all of these jurisdictions. They also depend on the UAW for their existence. They will always side with the unions and welfare minded workers. This is how they stay in power.
Musk cannot break this cabal up.
...[snip] Tesla founder ‘would be interested’ in taking over General Motors’ idled factories...
How much government money does he want to do that?
Imho, the workers “deserve” a much more reliable employer than musk
Moonman62 - The Fremont, CA plant was co-operated by GM and Toyota called NUMMI. GM made the Geo Prism and Toyota made the Corolla. The differences was the badging of the cars. GM bailed due to bankruptcy. Toyota bailed because it was an opportunity to end manufacturing in the California land of crazy regulations. The same regs that convinced Toyota to Toyota Motor Sale Corp offices to Plano, TX.
You can bet Elon Musk is seeing this as an opportunity to leave CA also.
So the gov can continue to subsidize his crap? Yeah good luck
Ed
Some of the plants, especially the ones that GM shut down, were built in the 1920s and had no air conditioning and would be a huge expense to refit them. That is why most of them were torn down.
Headline in 12/8/18 in Cleveland.com, an online product of the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.
He must have read my post #16 Friday night.