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How Does Germany Do It?
- aurizon 8y agoGerman unions, much like Japanese unions, take the good of the country into their wage negotiations. US unions engage in strike after strike, even if they are well paid. The end game for Detroit was written in the union halls, 75-80% of all UAW jobs were lost to imports (and automation) from the 1960's onwards.
- mtmail 8y agoUnions allowed Volkwagen in Germany to switch to a 4-day week (28h) 1995 to avoid layoffs. It was switch to 5 days (33h) again in 2006. I could imagine in a different environment (country) unions might have acted differently. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-04/news/1995004005_1_germany-vw-plan-wolfsburg http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-04/news/1995004005_...