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This is probably not going to turn out well for Tesla. As a point of reference, check out the story on how Toys'R'Us, which had a blanket no union-policy in th
by occz 3y ago
This is probably not going to turn out well for Tesla.
As a point of reference, check out the story on how Toys'R'Us, which had a blanket no union-policy in the 90s, faired against the Swedish unions: https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/what-canada-can-learn-from-swedens-unionized-retail-workers_n_6888328 https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/what-canada-can-le...
tl;dr: every single Swedish union had their members refuse to interact with the company, leaving them completely blocked out from the Swedish market until they backed off.
I would not be surprised to see a repeat of that story this time around - the unions really don't want to let this become a precedent.
Best case scenario, Musk gets humiliated again.
- vextea 3y agoWorth noting that Transport (different union but also affiliated like IF Metall with LO) already signaled that they'll go on a sympathy strike at several of the largest shipping terminals refusing to (un)load freight destined to Tesla.
- codeduck 3y agoHah, yep, and so the snowball starts rolling.
- LeanderK 3y agoI really don't get how a blanket no union-policy is legal? Wouldn't this just deny the workers basic rights (to unionise)? To me it feels like "blanket no minimum wage policy" or "blanket no workplace-safety standards policy". Wether to form a union, and collectively bargain, should be the decision of the workers without any say of the corporations. It really feels to me like "I am sorry about you trying to establish workplace safety standards but we unfortunately follow a global no workplace-safety standards policy and do not agree to minimum workplace safety standards in other parts of the world".