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Volkswagen CEO's Speech to Workers Drowned Out By Boos After He Says Company 'Isn't Operating in a Fantasy World' (www.latintimes.com)

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The carmaker has been in heated discussions with unions after announcing this fall that it would have to take drastic measures to cut costs

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

The future of manufacturing does not include much labour. China's competitive advantage in autos is in robotics/automation. Democracy likes to pretend there's a manufacturing labour future, but such speeches are the actual future.