Call the irony police! Tesla Motors, the non-union manufacturer of innovative, stylish, and highly rated cars is buying the former union hall of the United Auto Workers next door to its factory. That plant in Fremont, California was built by General Motors, and was later sold to the GM-Toyota joint venture NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.), and employed thousands of UAW members, until it was shut down. Tesla now operates with a nonunion workforce. Autoblog.com notes (hat tip: Instapundit): According to public records uncovered by the San Francisco Business Times, the company recently bought the property for an undisclosed sum. The UAW was reportedly asking $4.26 million for the nearly four-acre plot, including the 16,470-square-foot building. About 1.3 acres of the land is still undeveloped. That’s a mighty impressive facility, befitting a wealthy union frown fat in the high dues of thousands of members. Tesla is building a massive new...(Read Full Post)