Uh no. GM is on the hook for 10 billion to the American tax payer.

They have said that every car they produce will be based on a carbon fiber chassis. At this point you can't produce something like that for the masses at a rate and a price point that would be feasible. There will be a model released in the next year or so that will slot in under the 12C, and be closer competition to…

But they cannot return to those abuses because of labor laws. What the unions were formed to protect workers from, have now been taken on by the government, labor laws, wage laws, OSHA, etc.

Notice I referenced the UAW.

No way the workers looks at the cluster Detroit has become, or remembered the bailout and thought maybe that's not the horse they want to hitch there wagon too.

And the UAW and VW were putting pressure on the employees to unionize, regardless of what the employees wanted. Pressure is pressure, but it went to a vote and this is what happened. Maybe the workers honestly didn't want to belong to a union - I belong to one for three years and hated it and never want to join one…

I say BRAVO to VW for allowing the choice and an extra BRAVO! to the VW Tennesee workers who freely went to the ballot box and actually voted down the union. Right to work is the American way. The relevance of unions has diminished ever since after Equal Opportunity Employer and other Workplace Regulations (such as…

Can you blame them?

Labor unions produce some of the laziest, most overpaid workers in the industry. No fucking surprise.

Before GM went bankrupt, they were paying out an average of $5500 per car sold in retiree union benefits. Unions had gotten way out of control from manufacturers simply nodding their heads during the previous two decades, when the big three thought they wer untouchable from a sales standpoint. Quality suffered,…

As im from the south, I have no clue if the UAW or a union is good or bad. By looking at the comments the UAW s bad. So Die UAW! >:D

Here's the deal... Unions were necessary in the history of this nation to control the rampant abuses perpetrated by industry. People died doing their jobs and companies did nothing more than get the body out of the way, and that's not right.
Unions came into the picture and did lots of good in securing better…

Congratulations VW Chattanooga workers, you probably just saved your jobs. Continue telling the 1 percenter Union leadership to get fucked.

I walk a fine line between supporting labor unions and thinking they're not very good for these [automotive] companies at all. From what I understand, GM, Ford, and Mopar were, pardon my language, fucked by unions. While part of me thinks the linemen should be able to retire somewhat comfortably and make a livable…

Either you are trolling/sarcastic or know nothing of how VW rolls... They have had a working relationship with workers groups for decades. Most of the rules/regulations incl pay/leave/holidays have been thrashed out in Germany and exceed some of the U.S Union, which is why they failed to gain any traction in this.…

How about a union that just cared about the actual working conditions of its members, rather than just serving as a conduit to fund one particular political party.

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It pays good to be up top in the union.

Found an interesting link:
http://www.unionfacts.com/union/United_A…

They've got over $1B USD in assets.

From their constitution:

Good