does the united auto workers control the Japanese auto makers in this country?

Answer 1

It depends on how you define "control"...

UAW does have collective bargaining agreements with Japanese auto manufacturers, similar to those that it maintains with U.S. auto makers. But auto manufacturing (which these days consists of little more than final assembly) is not where the bulk of the cost is. Assembling a $20,000 car requires about 20 man-hours, which even at union wages in unlikely to cost much more than $1,000.

The bulk of the cost lies in making parts, which these days are rarely manufactured in-house.

U.S. auto manufacturers have been on a long-run trend of spinning off parts manufacturers trying to get a better deal on labor (GM spun off Delphi and American Axle, Ford created Visteon, etc.) Japanese manufacturers by and large avoided the issue altogether by manufacturing parts overseas or placing business with U.S. companies outside the automotive industry, which do not have collective bargaining agreements with UAW.

Chrysler has been doing the same for decades; it's been outsourcing stuff to Hyundai since 1970s. Other U.S. companies caught on. GM bought an equity interest in Isuzu and struck a joint venture deal with Toyota which proved to be short-lived (remember the Geo brand?) Ford had entered into partnership with Mazda, whereby Mazda supplied parts to Ford, but also manufactured clones of Ford vehicles (such as Mazda Navajo, a carbon copy of Ford Explorer). Chrysler, not to be outdone, cut a similar deal with Mitsubishi...

Answer 2

Japanese auto makes don't know the meaning of the word "Union"

No wonder Toyota makes more money than General Motors, Ford and Chrsyler combined.

Unions are like vampires and they are sucking the blood until there is no more blood and then they will move to the next company.

Answer 3

not for of they executives, manager, and superviosr are Japaneses

Answer 4

not that anyone is aware of