Daily Archives: November 26, 2014

VW policy for US plant sets off labor scramble

VW policy for US plant sets off labor scramble(AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

By ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press

A new labor policy at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory is encouraging both supporters and opponents of a major labor union to unionize its first foreign auto plant in the U.S. South.

The new policy, known as “Community Organization Engagement,” establishes formal rules for labor groups at the plant for the first time. What the effects will be is still up for debate.

Opel unions upset over output plans for Karl, Corsa, report says

General Motors’ Opel unit faces labor unrest in Germany over future output of the Corsa subcompact and the Karl minicar, a German business magazine reported.

Opel unions are angry that the Karl and its Vauxhall-badged sibling, the Viva, will be made at a GM plant in Korea that is being stretched beyond its capacity rather than at an underutilized German plant Bilanz reported.