Swedish union warns of strike at Tesla
www.industriall-union.org
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.”

  • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
    47·
    1 year 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.

      • shottymcb@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        1 year 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.

      • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
        141·
        1 year ago

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