If they are really overworking people to death, and doing the slave labor thing in Japan, I dont know what to say. It needs to come out and VP’s need to go to jail. There should be no acceptance of that, even under Japanese law.

But jimmyle brought up a good point. In the USA people are ready willing and able to fight back if they are treated that way (citizens that is). Toyota will offer a wage, and if too low, people wont show up to work and they will have to raise it. Simple market principle. $25/hr is a rather decent wage, even here in CA (shocking for some of you I am sure). 52k/yr is what alot of teachers, police, and other middle class people make before overtime. Multiply it by 2 and you have a 100K household. Hardly slave labor.

And if Toyota starts importing its labor like they are being accused of in Japan, Lou Dobbs and the media will be all over them like a pack of wolves.