Word: emden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with workers. Says he: "We have had, sometimes, very interesting and fierce and passionate discussions." He overcame worker objections to manufacturing in the U.S. by swinging deals to supply made-in-Germany engines to other manufacturers-including Chrysler and American Motors. He also promised to retool and expand the Emden plant, which was making only Rabbits for export to the U.S., to turn out other cars as well. Schmücker continued Leiding's policy of paying workers as much as $6,000, tax free, to quit. In the past three years the work force has shrunk...
...costs by $200 per car, a rare case in which a product can be manufactured more cheaply in the U.S. than overseas. One thing held VW back from the obvious move: labor unions feared that it would cause further layoffs in German plants. But VW proposes to retool its Emden plant, which has assembled Rabbits for the U.S., to make other export models, particularly Dashers and Audi Foxes. German labor leaders finally agreed to that plan...