VW is one of the most profitable companies in the world. I'm sure "these krauts" are well aware of the risks of "working with" a U.S. union.
Well then, let's both you and I support the UAW and their effort to bond with VW...............
So is ThyssenKrupp, the prior owner of Budd Company, a tier one supplier of body parts to the auto industry. They sold off Budd back in 2006 and divested themselves completely from the auto parts manufacturing industry......
Why you ask? Because back in February of either 2005 or 2006, our stamping plant in Shelbyville KY went on strike just at the time of the annual board meeting in Germany. Over that weekend, our corporate offices had assembled a large number of management and non union volunteers to drive down to the plant and run limited production until the strike could be settled.
Unfortunately, Ford Motor Company, who we provided the body parts for their Kentucky truck plant stepped in and demanded that we settle the strike immediately or they would pull their dies out of the plant.
Negotiations were settled, the UAW in the plant got everything they were asking for and the TK Board of Directors decided to sell us off.......and the rest is history.
Like I have said previously, the biggest overhead cost to the auto industry is benefits and pension packages. If the ultimate endgame is going to be government provided healthcare and potentially the pensions, as the Germans expect, there is no reason for them not to allow the UAW into their plants since all they will have to negotiate is wages...........