Top Volkswagen official says failure to unionize could hurt the South's chances of VW presence

Nooga,com ^ | February 19th, 2014 | Chloé Morrison

[KarlInOhio]

The company would probably be pacified if the employees formed their own independent union.

If you thought that the UAW could be ugly against non-union companies, just think what they would do against an independent union. Imagine trying to set up your own crime organization inside Mafia territory. Now multiply that by ten and add the force of the feral government.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t have to imagine. The UAW picketed my shop when we formed our independent union.

[PGR88]

Indeed - if VW loves unions and their political hacks so much, they could have opened their plant in New York.

My guess is this VW manager is just issuing a meaningless statement after-the-fact for PR consumption back home.

[driftdiver]

Yes but the union people assemble the car.

[tennmountainman]

VW can solve that issue by moving north. Easy fix for VW’s desire for unions.

[cripplecreek]

Quality inspectors are generally non union, company employees...

Not that I've ever seen. We trained UAW QC inspectors in the shop I worked at.

[max americana]

LOL, then head to a blue state where they tax you out of everything.

[max americana]

All their cars suck big time and everyone knew even back in HS that only fags drive Jetta’s.

[cripplecreek]

People who live with the fantasy of union free cars are fooling themselves anyway. I doubt there is a factory built car on the planet that doesn’t contain a lot of union made parts.

The last union shop I worked in had Cadillac and F150 parts as our primary jobs but we also made Jeep, Toyota, and even Mercedes parts. The Merc ashtray lids were made elsewhere and we just painted them to the pickiest standards I ever saw.

[Iscool]

Not that I've ever seen. We trained UAW QC inspectors in the shop I worked at.

I've never seen union quality control...Wouldn't seem union QC would be in the best interest of the Company...

[SuziQ]

Volkswagen AG leaders want a works council because it would allow them to stay in touch with ideas and thoughts from Chattanooga workers and come to future deals about working conditions, Horst Neumann, VW's board member for human resources, said, according to Automotive News.

You don't need a labor union for that, you only need representation on the council from the labor force at the plant.

[cripplecreek]

They likely have a company Quality control supervisor or even a department but the people on the floor doing the work checking every part are union. The company guys wander out of the A/C a couple times per day and grab a few parts.

[VerySadAmerican]

Sounds communist to me.

[98ZJ USMC]

Maybe this is damage control to placate libtards and Democrats while secretly celebrating the failure of the Unions to grab another sucker.

Quite possibly.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Busy little Dumkopf isn’he? Sounds more like a union’s “commiezar” than anything else.

[BBB333]

You just can not be serious.

[SoothingDave]

Quality inspectors are generally non union, company employees...

Quality is about a whole lot more than finding the rejected parts at the end of the process.

[SoothingDave]

VW can solve that issue by moving north. Easy fix for VW’s desire for unions.

Are you saying that the people in the south have no desire to work as a team with their employers in order to produce a quality product?

[SoothingDave]

You don't need a labor union for that, you only need representation on the council from the labor force at the plant.

That is against federal law. Read the article.

[tennmountainman]

No. Pointing out if VW wants union involvement, they will have to move the
plant up north where’s the unions are the strongest.