Swedish union warns of strike at Tesla
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IF Metall has warned of strike action against car manufacturer Tesla’s repair shops in Sweden as Tesla is refusing to enter into negotiations on a collective agreement.

In the past, Tesla’s owner, Elon Musk, has publicly threatened workers with retaliation if they were to form a union. “Elon Musk’s business model is to avoid respecting human rights. Now he is taken on by one of our strongest unions. We must defeat the Tesla business model, and Sweden is the best place to start.”

  • @[email protected]English
    47•8 months ago

    Context from a publicly funded German TV station, ZDF, retrieved from their teletext:

    “We have negotiated for a long time with Tesla regarding a wage agreement – without success. No we see no way other than a strike,” says the union IF Metall.

    The strike would impact 120 engineers in seven plants. Wage agreements form the basis of the Swedish labour market and cover almost 90% of employees.

    • [email protected]English
      20•8 months ago

      Why build the plant there if they can’t conform to the work culture or provide a decent wage? That seems like an odd decision.

      • @[email protected]English
        21•8 months ago

        Musk is an idiot who likes to turn billions of dollars into a dumpster fire? I feel like we’re past the point of finding sound logic in the actions of his companies.

      • @[email protected]English
        13•8 months ago

        I feel like Americans have trouble accepting that culture is different in other places.