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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Way to PARF it up egbert.
There's already a thread on this in PARF, why couldn't you post your BS there?
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These facts are already in the articles posted and opposing views expressed in this thread are already documented.
Sammy just say you don't agree and move on.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/16/us-vw-chattanooga-idUSBREA1F0A920140216
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Some experts contend that VW needs a labor union in the United States to help set up a works council in Chattanooga, where it builds the mid-sized Passat Sedan.
"We were able to garner support from highly specialized U.S. labor law experts and we will start consulting with them in the next two weeks to define further steps," Kilian said.
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Sounds to me like VW is going to get a labor represented "works council" in there one way or another.
I don't think even Grover Norquist can stop a group of Germans with a set agenda in mind.
This was just one battle in a war.
VW, Grover Norquist, and the Future of American Unions
By Rana Foroohar Feb. 14, 2014
http://business.time.com/2014/02/14/vw-grover-norquist-and-the-future-of-american-unions/
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I’ve been watching this story for a few weeks now, and I think it has major implications for the future of unionization and labor relations in America. For decades now, the number of union members in this country has been falling. (Currently only 11 % of U.S workers belong to a union, according to BLS statistics.) That’s unusual for a rich country—union penetration in Europe is much higher, and the relationship between unions and management is different. It’s less contentious, and more collaborative. In places like Germany, labor actually sits on the board of companies and helps make strategic decisions about how plants and even entire corporations are run, which is one reason that Germany was able to retool so quick and grab market share following the 2008 financial crisis and global recession in 2009. Read my colleague Michael Schuman’s excellent piece on that topic..................................
It’s too bad, because the truth is that there’s little evidence that the anti-union manufacturing model (exemplified by companies like Nissan) works better than the unionized one, particularly when it incorporates Germanic work councils. VW actually credits the system with making it the largest and richest auto firm in the world. What’s more, the workers I’ve spoken with in Chattanooga say they are less interested in pay hikes than in having some say over which cars get made in the factory, what sorts of training programs they’ll have access to, etc. I’ll be reporting out this story further for my column this week. For more about what it’s likely to mean for labor, management, and the U.S. economy, check out the latest episode of WNYC’s Money Talking, where Joe Nocera and I discussed the topic.
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