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  • VW was initially disappointed that its factories in the southern US weren’t unionized. All their German factories are.

    I’ll see if I can find the article, I think it was road and track many years ago.

    Edit: the previous failed votes were blamed on Tennessee politicians including Bob Corker.

    In 2014 VW was reported as:

    Volkswagen did not oppose the U.A.W. partly because its officials were eager to create a German-style works council, a committee of managers and blue-collar and white-collar workers who develop factory policies, on issues like work schedules and vacations. Volkswagen, which has unions and works councils at virtually all of its 105 other plants worldwide, views such councils as crucial for improving morale and cooperation and increasing productivity.

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  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.detoMemes@lemmy.mlHeavy AF!
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    3 months ago

    I helped my buddy move his new Trinitron HD (in 1999 or 2000) up 2 flights of stairs.

    Our hands were practically bleeding and thighs were bruised from stopping repeatedly to adjust our grips.

    There was one point where why weren’t sure we were gonna make it and would need to go rent a dolly to finish it. Which would have meant me sitting with the TV blocking the stairs for Horner long that would take.