Volkswagen workers celebrate in Chattanooga, Tenn., after their bid to join the UAW union prevailed. AP Photo/George Walker IV April 20, 2024 UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Tennessee – its first victory at a foreign-owned factory in the American South Bob Bussel, University of Oregon Despite making similar efforts for decades, the UAW union had never before managed to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in a Southern state like Tennessee.
Shutterstock January 31, 2018 Diesel monkey tests: can harmful corporate research ever be justified? Anthony Wrigley, Keele University Researchers funded by VW, Daimler and BMW are accused of testing diesel fumes on monkeys and humans.
Naruedom Yaempongsa/Shutterstock September 15, 2017 Merkel and Schulz must face up to Germany’s blind spot on corporate corruption Daniel Hough, University of Sussex Politicians need to get serious about the steady drip of scandals.
Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Elena Savelyeva November 22, 2016 Why it’s so hard for Europeans to get compensation after Dieselgate Francesca Colli, KU Leuven A powerful diesel lobby and fragmented class action laws put EU consumers at a disadvantage.