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  • UAW may have had international help in Chattanooga ( German union )

    01/22/2015 1:14:53 PM PST · by george76 · 10 replies
    Tennessee Watchdog ^ | January 22, 2015 | Chris Butler
    Members of the National Right to Work Foundation believe two German labor groups have failed to completely disclose their full level of involvement in the United Auto Workers’ attempts to set up shop in Chattanooga. As previously reported, the UAW wants to formally establish itself at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant. The UAW’s attempts have so far been unsuccessful. VW workers, by a tally of 712-626, for instance, voted in February not to join the UAW. Members of the NRTW represent an unspecified number of VW workers who oppose the union. They say that VW’s Global Works Council and IG Metall, a...
  • Getting the Bugs Back into Volkswagon's History

    12/01/2002 9:19:10 AM PST · by WaterDragon · 20 replies · 1,138+ views
    Oregon Magazine ^ | December 1, 2002 | Thomas H. Lipscomb
    Sometimes there is nothing like a nice escapist puff piece in a lifestyle magazine to occasion a total reality check. In this case an unassuming article in American Express' October Travel and Leisure. ARTnews editor Carly Berwick was simply trying to cover the new "Autostadt" themepark in Wolfsburg, Germany, home of Volkswagon. Owned by VW, the Autostadt is sort of an Epcot Center devoted to the car and in particular Volkswagen products including Audi and Lamborghini. Germans who want to buy VW cars can pick one up at the Autostadt and save the usual dealer delivery fee, and get a...