[don-o]

Small amount of reading I've done indicates that VW actually wants the UAW to come in. Their plan is that the union negotiates wages and benefits while an employee works council sets work rules and conditions.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m no fan of the modern union, but why should the state legislature get involved in such a private agreement?

[KarlInOhio]

I've heard that the union in Germany (which is on VW's board of directors) is strong-arming the company to allow unionization in the US. Maybe a better thing to do would be to allow the UAW to be the German union too. In five years you could pick up some German car factories at the going out of business sale.

[Paine in the Neck]

Back when radio was the hottest consumer product on the planet Atwater Kent was a premier brand. Kent hated unions. When he got wind of organizing activity at his plant he warned that if the workforce unionized he would shutter the plant permanently. They did. He did.

Unions, be careful what you wish for.

[tanknetter]

Yeah, and how long will “their” plan last once the UAW gets it’s foot in their door?

Then again, it could just be VW’s destiny to serve as a warning to BMW, Mercedes and other auto manufacturers running non union plants in right to work states ...

[Beagle8U]

“Their plan is that the union negotiates wages and benefits while an employee works council sets work rules and conditions.”

VW is dreaming if they think that would be the case. The union will dictate the rules if they get their greedy foot in the door.

[Tennessee Nana]

Sen Bob Corker arranged for $MILLIONS of so called “incentives” for VW ...

Lots of free goodies for the families of the German bosses who moved to Chattanooga..

Thanks for nothing Bob...

[Tennessee Nana]

Sen Bob Corker arranged for $MILLIONS of so called “incentives” for VW ...

Lots of free goodies for the families of the German bosses who moved to Chattanooga..

Thanks for nothing Bob...

[Hot Tabasco]

Small amount of reading I've done indicates that VW actually wants the UAW to come in.

Keep in mind that VW is GERMAN owned and in Germany their labor force is completely socialized as is their healthcare system.

They're receptive to union organization only because they haven't had to deal with them here in the U.S. up unti now. What these krauts haven't realized is that the U.S. UAW, once they get their foothold, will ultimately destroy their competitiveness against the other non-union auto makers.......

I suspect that their long term plan anticipates the complete take over of health care by the govt., thus alleviating them of those overhead costs...and possibly the the pension system too.........

But with that being said, if Obamacare is able to be tossed out, these Germans will be stuck with healthcare costs that they didn't anticipate.........

My company here in Detroit was German owned and ultimately they sold us off after we had been in business for over 85 years. The stamping plant which once employed over 2,000 people when I was hired in 1972 is now vacant and stripped down.......

[Gay State Conservative]

The UAW’s Communist leadership is the reason...the *only* reason...why I haven’t considered buying a car sold by the Big Three since 1990.VW has to be out of its ever loving *mind* to *want* the UAW in its plants.If they want it’s certainly OK to give their workers the same pay and benefits.In fact,that might even be a good idea.But the possibility of strikes and the outrageous demands that the UAW makes? Gimme a break! If the UAW manages to get into VW I’ll never consider buying their cars again.

[tcrlaf]

VW thinks they can get a “German-Style” union to work in America, but anyone at Daimler can tell them that the UAW has no interest in being a partner.

The leadership makes too much money bilking the membership.

[Alter Kaker]

Ten most profitable companies in the world, according to Forbes:

1.Exxon Mobil
2. Apple
3. Gazprom
4. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
5. China Construction Bank
6. VOLKSWAGEN
7. Royal Dutch Shell
8. Chevron
9. Agricultural Bank of China
10. Bank of China

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2013/07/08/global-500-most-profitable.fortune/1.html

Yeah, let’s tell these guys how to run their own business. Clearly they’re idiots who don’t know what they’re doing...

[detective]

“Small amount of reading I've done indicates that VW actually wants the UAW to come in. Their plan is that the union negotiates wages and benefits while an employee works council sets work rules and conditions.”

Unless VW management are complete idiots I can't imagine why they would possibly think that. Once UAW gets into a plant they control everything. These companies can not afford a long strike. They can't afford to be pressured.

Talk to anyone who has ever held a management position in a UAW auto plant. UAW controls everything. They lean on the company. Ask anyone in management if they have not seen tires slashed or cars vandalized in the parking lot. Ask if they haven't seen people threatened. Asked if they haven't seen workers get high and drunk on the job and protected by the UAW.

[HamiltonJay]

Unions as practiced in germany are a far cry from the US Unions.... If VW is successful in moving the UAW away from its us vs them mentality, they may wind up with a success. We’ll see how it all works out.