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Sweden: Tesla employees prepare strike as management says negotiations not in their business model (www.industriall-union.org)

submitted 10 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@sh.itjust.works

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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."

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[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 47 points 10 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.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 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.

[-] shottymcb@lemm.ee 21 points 10 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.

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