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Old 11-02-2012, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
IG Metall has agreed with the German manufacturers opening plants overseas as they believe it will help the companies remain profitable and help them keep their union jobs. I think IG Metall is largely agnostic about whether the plants overseas are unionized or not.

That said, if I were a foreign company opening a plant in the US, I would do my best to locate it in a place free from the UAW.
Well of course. Why pay a decent wage to your workers, with good benefits on top. Just plant it in a southern republican state and they will be happy to get Walmart wages for the job.
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