I really don't understand this. The VW plant in Tennessee obeys US laws in their car manufacturing business, not German law, the same way I assume US companies follow the laws of the countries they do business in. The Tennessee workers apparently felt they were being treated fairly by VW here in the US, and they voted no to being represented by a union. If IG Metall decides to try again to unionize US workers here, and they succeed, who gets the union dues? Germany? That's not going to go over well. I understand the problems VW management in Germany face... which seems to be spilling over to US VW management... in trying to keep the German workers' union happy, but they lost this time. VW in Germany decided to move to a right-to-work State for a reason. As someone pointed out earlier, Detroit facilities were, and still are, available. Where is my thinking faulty?
Further, since the VW Passat won the 2012 Motor Trend Car of the year award, according to the Forbes article, quality cars can be built by workers in Tennessee without union representation.
Greetings, Jack. :2wave: