Typical of quasi-socialist euro weenies to force individuals into the collective.   This German mindset is the same ideology which mandates months of vacations for the collective and diminishes individual effort and exceptionalism at every turn.   

At the diametric opposite end of the labor spectrum you have the Japanese auto workers and the principle of “Kaizen”; which was introduced to their manufacturing base with excellence taught by American W. Edwards Deming….   

TENNESSEE – Volkswagen may ignore the results of an election that saw workers at a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., vote against unionizing under the United Auto Workers, or so says a group that prides itself on “warning the public about the causes and consequences of unionization.”
The group, the Center for Worker Freedom, said Volkswagen management may toss the election results and accept authorization cards collected by the UAW in 2013.
The automaker told TheBlaze in a statement that it “doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation.”
The Center for Worker Freedom’s claim comes just months after workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga voted 712-626 in a secret ballot election to remain non-union. The three-day election was overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.  (read more)