The latest offer by VW "is not standard, but we are trying a new approach to move these negotiations along," Michael Lowder, a spokesperson for Volkswagen Group of America, said in an email.
I think the union is trying to get EVERYTHING they have ever wanted or heard of now that the situation appears to give them a once in a life time amount of leverage, but is likely to overplay it's hand, and find that VW won't set a precedent because the long term implications would leave it with nothing to use for contract negotiating bargaining positions in the future
Your comment about the contract is valid. Detroit continually gave away the store from the 1950's through the 1970's.
ReplyDeleteThe oddest thing about the VW plant in Chattanooga, is that it is built on the exact same plot of land that the US military used as a bomb factory during World War 2. and now the company that Hitler started, is building cars on the same land that made the bombs that defeated Germany in the war.
ReplyDeleteThe part that the VW factory is on, was the not very contaminated section, theres one section thats still fenced off because its so contaminated with chemicals.
the part away from the factory where they stored the bombs in bunkers, is now a nature park, they de contaminated the bunkers, welded the doors closed, and now its covered in trees and forest
whoa! that's nuts!
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