Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
Members of Sweden's IF Metall metalworkers' union working at Tesla service centres went on strike on Friday morning following a breakdown in negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement.
Fighting the Unions in Sweden. Good fucking luck, better prepare to pack your bags and leave.
The Nordic countries make up five of the top six most unionized countries, with Sweden being in 3rd place.
Good luck beating them, Tesla! You're gonna need it.
As the articles says
Around 90 percent of employees in Sweden are covered by a collective bargaining agreement
And while Tesla doesn't have to fight 90 percent of all employess yet. If they're bringing in strikebreakers all unions must act to not let a prescedence happen.
Not only their own employees would strike, but also employees of suppliers and everything that is connected to Tesla so nothing will reach the company unless Elon personally swings into a truck and drives the stuff into his factories.
I think they forget the difference between America unions and European unions
They always do. Walmart completely running against a wall in Germany is still getting a chuckle out of me.
And Sweden is two steps above Germany in that refard. So good luck to Tesla to not get stomped. I'd wish the unions luck, but they don't need it.
I remember reading once about how James Cameron was all too happy to take millions in tax cuts to film Aliens in England, but then became a little crying removed when he realized that English unionized workers actually protect their workers. He got mad that they wouldn't work through lunch or breaks, or work in his insane schedule or whims, or do dangerous work. Made me lose a lot of respect for Cameron.
I didn’t know this. It’s psychotic to expect everyone to be on the same page as the guy who gets most of the credit, rewards and freedom of expression. Especially if you’re only job is to bring the coffee
There was an interview with a swedish spokeperson from tesla published the other day, they had no idea that what they were doing is against laws and contracts
Good. The whole point of a union is to band together and work towards better conditions for all their members.
"But we don't sign those anywhere else!" is not a good argument by Tesla
It is a great argument. It shows that there is no point negotiating with them civilally. The only language they understand is force. So the strike needs to be maintained until Tesla ist forced to either agree to the Union contract or give up their factory.
They are finding the difference between a global corporation vs a multi-national corporation.
Tesla seems to be about to learn some hard lessons about workers rights in various EU countries. lol
The NLRB just made a new ruling that states if companies are found to have committed illegal acts during unionization election efforts will be forced to immediately bargain with the union rather than just have to run the election again. We're still not as strong as Europe when it comes to workers rights, but we're getting better.
Do it fash. I fucking dare you.
Our "strikebreakers" will just wreck Tesla's factories like they did Kellogg's.
That is awesome!
Good fucking luck. Being a strikebreaker is among the most dishonorable things you can be in Sweden.
Hah! Idiots. Typical Americans, thinking they can just ignore 'the poor people' like they do in the US.
Break them Sweden. Make it so they can never claim they don't sign collective bargaining agreements again.
Unfortunately, companies can tell whatever bullshit lies they want in the US.
Bring out the strikebreakerbreakers.
We brought out Anton Nilsson once, then the strikebreaker ship Amalthea got bombed.
Wow, that biography is a wild ride, culminating in "his 100th birthday, during which Anton Nilson himself held a speech lasting for several hours".
Best of luck to the Swedish workers at the Tesla plant in any case.
Dear vikings, please rip them a new one.
Not the first time an American company has tried this :) https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/nyregion/in-brief-toys-r-us-settles-labor-dispute-that-made-headlines-in-sweden.html
Tesla opens factory in space, everyone suffocates, Tesla argue “well we don’t need to provide oxygen in other places”…
Chuds.
Musk is a giant turd, his lackeys and bootlickers are even worse. He representes everything wrong with super rich. People should stop taking his shit and fuck him off whenever the opportunity arises.
I am 100% on the side of the workers and hope they manage to give him the figurative boot.
I've seen people turn away from him.
Don't let shite 'Murican "ideals" infect the Nordics!
Americanism is a cancer and the US is a terorrist state. Fuck every single thing about that.
"If they start employing strikebreakers and actively try to break the strike, then they have mobilised the entire union movement against them. Not just the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, but all of them. Then the issue at hand becomes less important."
I can already see the German IG Metall union grinning and looking at the new Tesla factory in Germany. I would be careful if I were Tesla. Unions in Europe are extremely well connected.
Absolutely.
The Swedish Transport union, called "Transport" has already announced solidarity actions starting November 7, the actions include refusing to unload Tesla's from ships.
The transport union has said that they have a lot more cards to play if they need too, but want to keep it a surprise. But actions would probably include refusing to deliver anything to Tesla.
I just love the feeling of union collectives banding together. Reminds me of a situation in Norway a couple years back where doctors wanted to strike: Now they're essential workers, and can legally be prevented from striking by the government, so the union collective said "lol get fucked" and put a shitload of engineers from the offshore industry on strike instead. The doctors pretty quickly got what they wanted, and everybody got to see why we have to work together across sectors.
tf is a strike breaker. A tazer?
Temp workers that replace the jobs on strike
You know, most countries that have strike laws forbid this. In Spain, for instance, if the workers are on a strike, the company is forbidden to replace those positions in a strike. Neither with temporary, nor people from other places. And the company cannot fire them. Basically it's a shackle, either you solve your strike or you are out of business.
Fuck Tesla
Lieutenant Valeris : 400 years ago on the planet Earth, workers who felt their livelihood threatened by automation flung their wooden shoes called sabots into the machines to stop them. Hence the word "sabotage."
How to get your factory burned to the ground 101
Good luck with that
Fucking pull up Musky-Boi!
I saw this and laughed.
Bring it you dumb shit. See what happens.