Tesla doesn't have to agree but then the workers don't have to stop striking. It's called collective bargaining for a reason. It's no less unreasonable for the

Tesla doesn't have to agree but then the workers don't have to stop striking. It's called collective bargaining for a reason. It's no less unreasonable for the workers to keep striking until Tesla gives up than it is for Tesla to try to have its way and sit on their thumbs until the strikes end. There's just no good outcome for Tesla in the latter case. This isn't about some sort of grandiose libertarian stand. Whether this behavior by Tesla is influenced by Musk or not, it perfectly matches his attitude to workers' rights, consumer protection laws and so on. At one point he explicitly stated that the US Democrat party was being controlled by unions and class action lawyers. Contrast this with Musk's excuses for censoring Twitter in Turkey when the Turkish government threatened to block Twitter. He doesn't stand up to "bullies" or "authoritarians", he just doesn't like being told what he can or can't do by those he sees as beneath him (e.g. workers insisting on adherence to workplace safety laws or industry standard compensation schemes).