The future of Alameda County’s largest private employer, the NUMMI auto plant, is in doubt because General Motors is pulling out of Fremont, according to the Chron. As part of its bankruptcy restructuring, GM is abandoning its longtime deal with Toyota to jointly make autos at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. factory. Toyota has not decided whether it will continue NUMMI on its own. One drawback could be that NUMMI workers are unionized and Toyota typically runs non-union auto plants.
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