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Important context which I could not find mentioned in TFA: A key reason for the sympathy strikes is that Tesla brought in scabs which is a big no-no in Scandina
by japanuspus 3y ago
Important context which I could not find mentioned in TFA: A key reason for the sympathy strikes is that Tesla brought in scabs which is a big no-no in Scandinavian labor markets.
- ge96 3y agoWhat is a scab? (not the wound)
- klyrs 3y agoPeople who are hired to replace striking workers.
- fodkodrasz 3y agoI think GP means strike breaker. External contract workers to replace strikers.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- olddustytrail 3y agoA person who fills in for a striking worker.
- jeffrallen 3y agoA person who puts his own needs above those of his neighbors.
- recursive 3y agoSo... everyone? I mean, I put my needs above my neighbors, and yet I've never filled in for a striking worker. This is not a useful description.
- HissingMachine 3y agoIs the world really that black and white? An unemployed person got a job, is he supposed to decline because someone else didn't want to go to their job because collective bargaining is more important than having a job?
- jeffrallen 3y agoIn a society with healthy unions and strike protection, there is also a functional unemployment system. Staying on unemployment benefits another month, earning 80% of your previous salary, allows the potential scab to stand in solidarity with the strikers, and would be the moral decision. Not to mention the strategic decision, as there will be real social and employability costs to choosing to cross a strike line.
- olddustytrail 3y agoSure, if you like. I wasn't being judgmental. I was just telling the person what the word meant.
- mikestew 3y agoAlso, in less derogatory terms, "strikebreaker": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker
- simlevesque 3y agoThere's no reason to use that term.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoNot insulting people that disagree with you and need the work is a good reason. Even as a frenchmen, I don't think strikes are sacred.
- simlevesque 3y ago[flagged]
- Beached 3y agohardly call it stealing. they decided to no longer work for the previously agreed upon compensation package. the employer found new employees that would do the work they need done. no one stole anything. I agree and encourage unions and collective bargaining, but a strike breaker is hardly a thief, they are just a worker who needs money like the guy striking
- simlevesque 3y ago> they are just a worker who needs money like the guy striking I need a house and you do too. Let me live in your house since we both need it.
- johngladtj 3y agoThe job doesn't belong to you
- BurningFrog 3y ago[flagged]
- whalesalad 3y agoa derogatory term for someone who crosses the picket line and works anyway
- simlevesque 3y ago[flagged]
- throwawa14223 3y agoSomeone who believes that their interests differ from the collective.
- FredPret 3y agoSomeone who's different: a collectivist's worst nightmare
- srik 3y agoA person brought in to “stop the bleeding”.
- itsanaccount 3y ago[flagged]
- throwawa14223 3y agoOr a union member
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- legitster 3y agoIs there a reference to the scabs? I am not seeing that anywhere in the article. It just says that Tesla doesn't have a signed labor contract with its mechanics - it doesn't appear that there is any strike or dispute. So it might not be "scabs" in our sense of the word.
- eesmith 3y agoNot in the linked-to NPR article. See "Strikebreakers arrived by taxi to Tesla's workshops in Sweden" on HN 17 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38085231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38085231, 55 comments and "Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike" 21 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38036143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38036143, 151 comments.