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Top Volkswagen official says failure to unionize could hurt the South's chances of VW presence
Nooga,com ^ | February 19th, 2014 | ChloƩ Morrison

Posted on 02/19/2014 5:29:01 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo

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To: jjotto

“For lurkers who might not know, VW also owns Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and Ducati, as well as a couple other brands that aren’t sold in the US.

So what, all brands I would never buy. Screw VW.


21 posted on 02/19/2014 5:54:17 PM PST by slouper
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

“Osterloh said that, if co-determination isn’t guaranteed, it would be more difficult to vote in favor of building another auto plant in the South.”

Fine. If you don’t want another one in Tennessee, build it in Detroit. You’ll get your “co-determination” alright.


22 posted on 02/19/2014 5:55:13 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Darn Volkswagens, ya put a reverse gear in ‘em, and before ya know it you're back in Nazi Germany.
23 posted on 02/19/2014 6:00:54 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

This article, quoting other news sources, does not state what the title says.


24 posted on 02/19/2014 6:02:03 PM PST by swpa_mom
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To: Navy Patriot

Fascism did not lose WWII, it just went underground and took over through the professionals in lying and corruption.


25 posted on 02/19/2014 6:04:00 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Yea, It’s expanding too and I don’t know if people realize or consider this — but it generates an awful amount of ancillary business too.


26 posted on 02/19/2014 6:06:37 PM PST by Usagi_yo (Standardization is an Evolutionary dead end.)
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Fascism did not lose WWII, it just went underground...

Crony Capitalism...

27 posted on 02/19/2014 6:07:12 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I think we should consider that what’s being said is really is for the benefit of Obama and the Liberals. The question is, is it setting the stage for some type of forced unionization?


28 posted on 02/19/2014 6:07:50 PM PST by Usagi_yo (Standardization is an Evolutionary dead end.)
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To: Navy Patriot

And I was going to buy a VW next week (NOT.)


29 posted on 02/19/2014 6:08:09 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Insane.


30 posted on 02/19/2014 6:09:44 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Actually this makes sense.

The German VW union doesn’t want non union competition from the U.S.

And I assume “Volkswagen AG General and Group Works Council chairman” is another name for VW’s union head honcho in Germany.


31 posted on 02/19/2014 6:10:31 PM PST by DB
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To: Usagi_yo

I know it does. There are many related industries here.


32 posted on 02/19/2014 6:11:46 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: jz638; SoothingDave
A works council without union representation?
33 posted on 02/19/2014 6:11:59 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Add Mercedes-Benz to that list.


34 posted on 02/19/2014 6:12:07 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Navy Patriot

John Roberts was placed on the scotus because he would facilitate the fascist agenda. It may take blackmail to get him to put on the dog collar, but he has done it.


35 posted on 02/19/2014 6:15:54 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: SoothingDave

The problem is that big automakers don’t really want to deal with every individual employee. The company would probably be pacified if the employees formed their own independent union.


36 posted on 02/19/2014 6:16:34 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

National Socialist German Workers’ Party


37 posted on 02/19/2014 6:17:59 PM PST by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: SoothingDave

This is a VW UNION official.


38 posted on 02/19/2014 6:18:31 PM PST by stirrinthepuddin
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To: MHGinTN
I can find no reason for his Obamacare decision other than he is a ringer.
39 posted on 02/19/2014 6:19:08 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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I’m afraid most Americans can not identify fascim when it is biting their paychecks, much less when the media conspicuously mischaracterizes it. America is a fascist country now. Obamacare is a screaming proof of it! And Roberts endorsed it, the fascism.


40 posted on 02/19/2014 6:21:20 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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