Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
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Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#2Yet another scar on Tesla's public image. For context I'm alluding to recent reports of extremely high injury rates in Tesla's German factories, rumours about Chinese factory conditions.
[Cynical] Might be beneficial to outsource the this type of dirty work to subsidiaries or subcontractors, the way Apple offloads to Foxcon?
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#3This kind of nonsense doesn't play well in Europe. Nor should it.
> The company is refusing to sign one, IF Metall has reported, saying that company claims that it doesn't sign collective bargaining agreements anywhere in the world.
Welcome to Europe, Elon.
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#4Empty threats, Nordic unions would just block all the imports.
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#5From a previous discussion: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/09/21/when-mcdonal...
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#6From a previous discussion: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/09/21/when-mcdonal...
Once the sympathy strikes got going, McDonalds folded pretty quickly and decided to start following the hotel and restaurant agreement in 1989.
Thank you for posting this.
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#7elon is furious that european workers demand to work in a safe environment because this is not how fortunes are built (they're built the old fashion way, with broken limbs and lead poisoning)
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#8This kind of nonsense doesn't play well in Europe. Nor should it. > The company is refusing to sign one, IF Metall has reported, saying that company claims that it doesn't sign collective bargaining agreements anywhere in the world. Welcome to Europe, Elon.
I am not following Tesla things but don't they have factories in Germany and didn't they face the same problem ?
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#9This kind of nonsense doesn't play well in Europe. Nor should it. > The company is refusing to sign one, IF Metall has reported, saying that company claims that it doesn't sign collective bargaining agreements anywhere in the world. Welcome to Europe, Elon.
Well he may simply fire all locals and bring in all-foreign staff. What will stop him? Salaries Tesla pay are sufficient for Blue Card or similar permit.
Re: Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike
#10This kind of nonsense doesn't play well in Europe. Nor should it. > The company is refusing to sign one, IF Metall has reported, saying that company claims that it doesn't sign collective bargaining agreements anywhere in the world. Welcome to Europe, Elon.
I am not following Tesla things but don't they have factories in Germany and didn't they face the same problem ?
Have the German unions forced the issue yet?