re: Volkswagen employees vote down UAW unionization bid in Chattanooga

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compensation for auto work in the United States averaged $33.77 per hour

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I've toured the GM plant in Arlington where they make Tahoes, Suburbans, Yukons, and Escalades. Those things are so automated that I'm fairly certain that you could train a chimp to do what little human work is left over. $33/hr. doesn't seem unreasonable.