United Auto Workers President Bob King came out swinging on his first day in office, taking aim at Toyota Motor Corp. King criticized Toyota for closing a Fremont, Calif., plant the Japanese automaker had once operated jointly with General Motors, saying it was shuttered only because it was represented by the UAW, and he called for protest marches against Toyota and its dealerships.
King made the attack during a speech after he was sworn in as the union's 10th president. He argued that a renewed UAW attempt to unionize U.S. workers of foreign automakers is a key to winning back concessions made to Detroit's automakers to help them survive.
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