I’m wondering how far a company can go in threatening a unionization effort? “You unionize, we shut down/move”
VW is the most automated/mechanized/modernized auto maker anyplace anywhere. There newest new car storage facility in Germany uses NO people for normal operation. The cars are driven to the entry of it and the machine takes over, sorts ‘em and parks ‘em. Each of the manufacturing sections in the plant uses ONE operator who monitors sometimes hundreds of robots. VW’s ace-in-the-hole is that they are willing to spend the bucks to eliminate labor and union dumbasses. I expect the NO votes were by the guys who could see their jobs going to a non-union robot. And anyone who doesn’t understand that’s the way the rest of us are going should be happy living out their days in the 19th century.