Nordic solidarity
Unions representing dockworkers in Finland and Norway are also discussing taking action in solidarity with the striking Swedish mechanics, Anu Hietala, general secretary of the Stockholm-based Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation, told CNN Tuesday.
The escalating dispute underscores the challenge Tesla faces in the Nordics, where collective bargaining agreements are the norm. About nine out of 10 workers in Sweden and more than eight in 10 in Denmark are covered by such agreements.
But Tesla CEO Elon Musk — the world’s richest man — has made no secret of his disdain for unions.
“I disagree with the idea of unions,” he said during an interview with the New York Times last week. “I just don’t like anything which creates kind of a lords and peasants sort of thing.”
“I think the unions naturally try to create negativity in a company,” he added.
At least three attempts to organize by Tesla workers in the United States have failed, mainly as a consequence of aggressive tactics by the company and weak protections for labor in the country.
Villadsen, of Denmark’s 3F, said companies “have to comply” with the Nordic tradition of collective bargaining if they wanted to do business in the region.
“Even if you are one of the richest people in the world, you can’t just make your own rules,” he said.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/business/tesla-denmark-sweden-union-strike/index.html?
by BikkaZz
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Bwahaha Apartheid Clyde isn’t comfortable in anything more egalitarian than a “lords and peasants sort of thing.” Masters and slaves is more his vibe.
As soon as the cracks appeared in apartheid Elon gtfo of south africa.
He has no problem with rich people acting in the interest of eachother, he has a problem with wage earners acting collectively.
I would’ve guessed the production and export of fossil fuels.