
Skilled tradesmen, including electricians and repair workers at Volkswagen’s only United States manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to unionize with the United Auto Workers. The group of about 160 workers authorizing collective bargaining represents the first time that
by Michael Poole7 Dec 2015, 7:15 AM PST0

A drawn out Great Recession in the U.S. over the course of Barack Obama’s Presidency is prompting businesses to outsource operations to Mexico and contributes more to Mexicans leaving America than arriving, according to a new Pew Research study. If Pew estimates are accurate,
by Michelle Moons21 Nov 2015, 10:18 AM PST0

In the popular US advertisements for Volkswagen’s much ballyhooed “clean diesel” vehicles, comedy trio The Golden Sisters extol the virtues of VW’s automobiles. After learning about Volkswagen’s diesel deceit, I’m left imagining a more realistic commercial in which the sisters
by Milo Yiannopoulos5 Nov 2015, 11:08 AM PST0

SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) – German automaker Volkswagen faces millions of dollars in fines in Australia if it is found to have misled local consumers on emissions claims, Australia’s competition regulator said on Thursday. Volkswagen is grappling with the biggest business
by Reuters1 Oct 2015, 6:59 AM PST0

Volkswagen’s supervisory board is considering steps to prop up the carmaker’s credit rating amid a scandal over its rigging of emissions tests that affects 11 million of its vehicles, two sources close to the board said. The board is considering
by Reuters1 Oct 2015, 12:58 AM PST0

Contents: New York’s Obamacare Co-op collapses, the fourth so far this year; Copper’s crashing prices cause devastating economic ripples around the world; China’s ‘climate change’ promise may already be in trouble
by John J. Xenakis30 Sep 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

A California-based non-profit, the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), is being credited for busting Volkswagen for installing special software on vehicles to cheat diesel emissions tests.
by Joel B. Pollak28 Sep 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

CEO Martin Winterkorn just stepped down as CEO of VW Group after the company admitted that for the last 6 years they had installed sensor “defeat device” software to reduce emissions readings by up to 98 percent in 500,000 diesel-powered cars sold in the United States.
by Chriss W. Street23 Sep 2015, 3:50 PM PST0

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker’s rigging of U.S. emissions tests in the biggest scandal in its 78-year history. “Volkswagen needs a fresh start – also in terms of personnel. I am clearing
by Reuters23 Sep 2015, 8:36 AM PST0

Martin Winterkorn’s days as head of Volkswagen AG appeared numbered on Tuesday after the German carmaker said a scandal over falsified vehicle emission tests in the United States could affect 11 million of its cars worldwide. The Tagesspiegel newspaper, citing
by Reuters22 Sep 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

There aren’t many smiles to go with a Coke in state of Guerrero, Mexico, these days. FEMSA, the largest franchise Coca-Cola bottling company the world, shut down its distribution centers in Iguala—site of the kidnapping and likely massacre of 43 students nine months ago—and Arcelia while maintaining facilities in other parts of the state.
by Sylvia Longmire1 Jul 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Texas border man came close to having his thanksgiving dinner in a jail cell after federal agents caught him allegedly trying to smuggle more than $250,000 in cash into Mexico. Agents with U.S. Customs and Border
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Nov 2014, 10:14 AM PST0
Germans flocked to their reunified capital Sunday to toast the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall and swap memories of a night of “pure joy.” Huddled in wintry weather for a giant street party at the Brandenburg Gate, visitors
by Breitbart News9 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Police tracked down a man reported as a potential threat to President Barack Obama on Friday, delivering him into Secret Service custody shortly afterwards. Early on Friday, police in Westchester County, New York were alerted to an individual who was
by Warner Todd Huston30 Aug 2014, 9:30 PM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – Human smugglers continue to find new ways of getting around border enforcement agents, in South Texas smugglers took to the skies to avoid authorities. In the city of Harlingen, federal agents at the airport arrested the pilot
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Aug 2014, 5:38 AM PST0

In the 1970s, Barry Obama would shout “Interception!” to them as he took a hit off a joint out of turn. This weekend, he shouts “fore!” with the reunited members of the Choom Gang. The president spends his birthday weekend
by Daniel J. Flynn2 Aug 2014, 11:16 AM PST0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unions representing government workers are expanding while organized labor has been shedding private sector members over the past half-century. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity, at the federal, state or
by Breitbart News5 Jul 2014, 8:31 AM PST0

Mira Slovak, 84, who made world headlines in 1953 when he hijacked his DC-3 and flew it from Czechoslovakia to West Germany, has died at the age of 83 in Fallbrook, California. Slovak, the youngest captain in the state-run Czechoslovakian
by William Bigelow23 Jun 2014, 12:32 PM PST0

Barack Obama said yesterday at the White House Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit that he’s “sure” he endured concussions playing on the gridiron as a kid. We knew he grabbed a lot of “interceptions.” Who knew he played
by Daniel J. Flynn30 May 2014, 10:45 AM PST0

Brett Hulsey, a Wisconsin state representative and Democratic candidate for governor, thinks he has a surefire way to shoot past his better-funded and better-known primary opponent. He has announced that he intends to hand out homemade KKK hoods to Republican
by Warner Todd Huston1 May 2014, 6:22 PM PST0

My father boasts that he is the only person ever to have walked out of Disney World with his family and asked for his money back. We children have less rosy memories of the episode. We arrived at the Magic
by Joel B. Pollak11 Apr 2014, 11:03 AM PST0

On Monday’s “The Laura Ingraham Show,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) discussing Grover Norquist’s attempt to meddle in Tennessee’s tax policy, and the United Auto Worker’s effort to challenge the election it lost in February at the Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga,
by Breitbart TV24 Mar 2014, 5:00 PM PST0

Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, discusses the National Labor Relations Board decision which will allow the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to represent the workers at the Chattanooga, TN Volkswagen plant.
by Breitbart TV12 Mar 2014, 8:46 AM PST0

The AFL-CIO is conceding its union lacks the power in the South to influence the upcoming 2014 elections, so it is not investing heavily in three hotly contested Senate races. The AFL-CIO looked at the number of union members in
by William Bigelow25 Feb 2014, 8:08 AM PST0

The United Auto Workers (UAW) filed a legal challenge late Friday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to the certification of the organizing vote it lost last Friday at Volkswagen’s auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The challenge was submitted just
by Michael Patrick Leahy22 Feb 2014, 1:13 AM PST0