Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
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Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#2What's the argument for how unions benefit both parties? What do unions do to benefit the employer?
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#3Good for them. I love to see workers uniting.
In this increasingly globalized world, each country is still different. You can't expect swedish workers to accept that you treat them like american workers just because your company is big.
I really like this part:
> Even postal workers will stop delivering mail to Tesla
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#4Very cool seeing what's possible with strong unions.
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#5What's the argument for how unions benefit both parties? What do unions do to benefit the employer?
Provide labor.
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#6What's the argument for how unions benefit both parties? What do unions do to benefit the employer?
Would would they need to benefit the employer? If capital can pool its resources, why not labor?
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#7What's the argument for how unions benefit both parties? What do unions do to benefit the employer?
The employer benefits the employer. The union benefits the employee, thus providing a balance in the power between employer and employee.
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#8Sickos. Too bad sympathy strikes are illegal in the US.
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#9What's the argument for how unions benefit both parties? What do unions do to benefit the employer?
The unions protect the owners from the executives to some degree.
Re: Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move
#10Good thing Musk invented TeslaBot. I saw it at a showroom, so I assume it is totally real and totally cool.
More seriously, seeing labor in other countries is waking me up to the need for NLRA reform in the US. It was great in 1935, but we can do better.