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Another thing that might have influenced things at Ikea was what happened in Danville, VA in 2010. Technically speaking, it wasn't Ikea but a wholly owned subsidiary who actually manufactures the stuff. Working conditions had been deteriorating, average wages were down to $8 an hour and overtime would be assigned on very short notice. The employees decided to form a union and the company responded by hiring a firm that specializes in union busting. The Swedish news got ahold of the story and the Swedes went ballistic. Come to find out, entry level pay at the Ikea equivalent in Sweden started at the equivalent of $19 an hour. With 5 weeks of paid vacation. Their US equivalent got 12 days of vacation, the company picked 8 of them. The union busting was also frowned upon. The Swede who was running US operations told him that those things were just standard US practices. As John Stewart said, the US is just Sweden's Mexico...

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