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It's more shocking to me that anyone is surprised by this. When you take an action as aggressive as a strike, what exactly prevents the company from making an a
by brightball 3y ago
It's more shocking to me that anyone is surprised by this. When you take an action as aggressive as a strike, what exactly prevents the company from making an aggressive action in response.
A strike is your way of saying, "You need us and we're going to exploit that need to accomplish our goals."
The company bringing in other people who will happily do the work in your place is their way of saying, "I guess we'll see if you're right."
If you play chess, the other player gets moves too.
- gizajob 3y agoYes but the players in this case are unionised, same as the workers in all the companies that Tesla need to use in Sweden. It's not a great strategy to break a strike when you depend on other companies, and those other companies then face the risk of strikes from doing business with you. Furthermore, if your customers are also heavily unionised, then they won't want to buy your products.
- soco 3y agoEven in chess, if you slam the table all bets are out.
- sorenjan 3y agoGo to war with European unions and then try to keep doing business as usual. Another union (Transport) has announced that they will stop unloading Tesla cars from ships in Swedish harbors starting November 7, and that's just the first sympathy measure. IF Metall and Tesla will continue negotiations again tomorrow, so maybe Tesla signs a deal before then.
- rsynnott 3y ago> When you take an action as aggressive as a strike, what exactly prevents the company from making an aggressive action in response. In that part of the world, the implicit threat of further escalation from the other side.