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Wolfsburg Postcard: Wealth, Wheels And Anxiety In Volkswagen’s Company Town

photo of ​The view of the VW plant in Wolfsburg
The view of the VW plant in Wolfsburg Julian Stratenschulte/DPA via ZUMA

No place says Volkswagen like Wolfsburg. The city and the brand live in symbiosis, and for a long time, this has been beneficial to both. Now, the times of prosperity might be over. A visit to the quiet and historically prosperous corner of western Germany.

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Global Labor Rights Tested At Tennessee VW Plant

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Chattanooga Honk Honk Village VW of Chattanooga

NEW YORK — There is no German-style “works council” for employees at Volkswagen USA. Then, last week, 1,500 workers of the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant, in Tennessee, voted by secret ballot against being represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW). Without membership of that union, setting up a works council is not possible under American […]

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