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You're right, I didn't write my original point very well. I'll blame it on Covid and rambling from bed lol.

Has there been a strike against a political party in Nordic union history?

That isn’t what’s happening here, it’s unions striking. Employees can’t just do this randomly, it has to be part of an organised strike which is fairly rare. Once the strikes in pl…

Perhaps? But everyone I've spoken to have been pretty vocal about it, although more along the lines of "Musk is a tool"

The Tesla Model 3 is like $75k out here so it's not much more!

This would be true if there were not repercussions for the wider Swedish model, but since there are repercussions of rolling over it is Sweden vs Tesla

Unions set the lower bar but if you want to be competitive you still offer higher rates. I guess Musk could sign this and give everyone a pay cut!

Yup, and one is the principles of a large car company from another country while the other is the social underpinnings of the countries entire labour market going back a century

Polestars are pretty nice! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar_3

> I'm saying that it's not a strike if you're just refusing service to a customer. > is you downing tools and stopping working. These aren't exclusive, it's just they've downed too…

One factor that could be a thing in the next few years is the R&D on EVs, green mining, and rare mineral deposits found in Northern Sweden. Sweden now has the largest despot of mat…

Because the previous examples of companies trying to avoid collective agreements have been American (notably Toys'R'Us and McDonalds)

I've lived and worked in the UK, the Bay Area, and Stockholm. Sweden does not pay as well but the employee/union perks & lifestyle is night and day compared to the other two. I def…

> not compromising on principles Yes, I'm not talking about money here. Irrational means making bad decisions. The bad decision here is to continue playing with a bad hand against …

I probably shouldn't have complicated things by mentioning an individual, I really don't know if that could even be possible. Imagine I said Republican Party. The key thing is that…

Hell yeah! Let's get those lazy workers on the lines working harder. Innovation and growth at all costs. Workers are cogs and if they're not behaving correctly they should be fixed…

Stockholm ranks very high for Unicorns per Capita which most people don't seem to be aware of. Some sources say it's just under the Bay Area. Certainly there are many for a small c…

Which is why I find it somewhat sickening when people argue that those who have to pee in bottles to meet KPIs for low wages are able to just go and find other work. People are out…

> plays ball Which is the case for 99% of companies. It’s only American ones internationally expanding who don’t realise other economies operate differently that get stung with thi…

They will have to give in or close shop. Simply two options available. Musk is pretty irrational when it comes to backing down so I suspect the latter. I was just about to buy a ne…

I think the next one will be payment processing not being completed for Tesla. Mass transit drivers could do that. Court & Firemen must guarantee a minimum level of service on thei…

* and the strike must be lawful, to strike. You couldn’t arbitrarily strike and stop delivering mail to Trump for example.

You’re talking about countries that constantly rank top 10 for all the metrics that matter (happiness, innovation, education, healthcare, etc). And this has been a model used in pr…

Absolutely not! But that isn't what is happening here.

Yep. The main reason I joined a union was for unemployment insurance. If I lose a job I get 80% of my salary for 6 months. I also get discounted home/personal insurance and better …