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In reply to the discussion: Germany Explodes Republican Myth [View all]usrname
(398 posts)43. The $67/hr
That's salary + benefits. Of course, since there's a national health coverage in Germany, the benefits don't have to include the rather substantial amount for health. The benefits include a very generous 1 month vacation during August/September.
Still better than the $34/hr salary + benefits.
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How much of these automakers' financial profitability comes from bringing jobs to the US
The Genealogist
Dec 2011
#2
So you suspect that German workers are doing well on the backs of U.S. autoworkers.
LiberalAndProud
Dec 2011
#39
Except that in 2010 US produced nearly 7.8 million automobiles, not 2.7 million
Fool Count
Dec 2011
#5
They have an actual industrial policy. A better model. I nail rabid cons I know with this.
Populist_Prole
Dec 2011
#14
they also have apprenticeships-that PAY MONEY even, we should be more like Germany & Canada
StarsInHerHair
Dec 2011
#20
We have apprenticeships that pay you while you learn - but hard work isn't held in high regard
Edweird
Dec 2011
#23
"Germany ... an economic model with more bottom-up worker control than that of any other country..."
pampango
Dec 2011
#25
They can afford to pay people better in Germany because their CEO's and other 1% don't take as much.
limpyhobbler
Dec 2011
#41
I did an in-depth study of free speech rights and of employee's rights of representation
JDPriestly
Dec 2011
#46