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Do we think Tesla's objections to collective bargaining are cultural or practical? That is, do they just object on principle or do they feel it would be too har
by beardyw 3y ago
Do we think Tesla's objections to collective bargaining are cultural or practical? That is, do they just object on principle or do they feel it would be too harmful to their business?
- troupo 3y agoCultural. Many American companies think they can skip unions and/or collective bargaining when they come to Europe, and find out to their detriment that they can't. Or they try to find as many loopholes in laws as they possibly can to avoid unions. See McDonald's in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_and_unions#Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_and_unions#German...
- pwthornton 3y agoConsidering how much of car manufacturing is done by union workers, I don’t think you can make a good argument that it is practical. 90% of Swedish workers belong to a trade union.
- spikels 3y agoThese are service workers. And very few want to join a union.
- spikels 3y agoThe Tesla workers in Sweden don't want to unionize. The majority of the ~120 employees in Sweden are ignoring the strike called by IF Metall and continuing to work. Only a handful are supporting the strike.
- Dah00n 3y agoElon Musk is known to fire people that support unions openly. I very much doubt they will tell the whole truth if asked, unless it is personally by a friend, not by a newspaper.