The successful union campaign at IKEA's first US factory defies conventional wisdom that a competitive future requires a lower-wage, less unionized America.
August 6, 2011
Ikea workers in Danville, Virginia aren’t taking Thomas Friedman’s advice. Last week, after a three-year struggle, they chose by a 221-69 vote to unionize Ikea’s first manufacturing plant in the United States. Their move defies conventional wisdom that a competitive future requires a lower-wage, less unionized America. And Ikea’s choices – to build a factory in the old capitol of the confederacy, to deploy America’s best union-busters, and ultimately to reign them in – illuminate dynamics that get ignored in debates over outsourcing. Ikea’s example shows how easily European companies can embrace American-style union-busting. And it shows a path for workers to fight back.
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