Those folks puzzled over the never-ending downward spiral of America's international education rankings should take heart - crappy education is paying big dividends!
The big dogs at Volkswagen can hardly believe it; they refrained from interfering in the union drive. In fact, they all but invited the union in! Surely the American workers know that a Volkswagen worker in Germany makes four times their hourly wage for building the same car? Surely they can figure out that is the result of unionization?
Luckily such reasoning is beyond the scope of Tennessee's workers. Instead, they were mightily impressed by the bipartisan anti-union rhetoric that has been forthcoming from every one of their better-dressed and better-educated betters across the state.
"Unions destroyed Detroit... OH MY GAWD DON'T LET THEM TAKE TENNESSEE TOO!!!"
In fairness, well over 600 workers voted for the union. Maybe they were home-schooled.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Volkswagen workers win 5.6% raise
That would be the Volkswagen workers in Germany, not the ones in Chattanooga.
The German workers get this raise on top of their current $60/hour rate. Workers in Chattanooga start at $14/hr. and can work their way up to $20.
They all build Volkswagens, so why does the company pay its US workers a third of what they pay their German workers?
In Germany the workers belong to unions. Their unions have seats on corporate boards.
In America they don't.
The German workers get this raise on top of their current $60/hour rate. Workers in Chattanooga start at $14/hr. and can work their way up to $20.
They all build Volkswagens, so why does the company pay its US workers a third of what they pay their German workers?
In Germany the workers belong to unions. Their unions have seats on corporate boards.
In America they don't.
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