Members of Sweden's IF Metall metalworkers' union working at Tesla service centres went on strike on Friday morning following a breakdown in negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement.
“If they start employing strikebreakers and actively try to break the strike, then they have mobilised the entire union movement against them. Not just the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, but all of them. Then the issue at hand becomes less important.”
I can already see the German IG Metall union grinning and looking at the new Tesla factory in Germany. I would be careful if I were Tesla. Unions in Europe are extremely well connected.
The Swedish Transport union, called “Transport” has already announced solidarity actions starting November 7, the actions include refusing to unload Tesla’s from ships.
The transport union has said that they have a lot more cards to play if they need too, but want to keep it a surprise. But actions would probably include refusing to deliver anything to Tesla.
I just love the feeling of union collectives banding together. Reminds me of a situation in Norway a couple years back where doctors wanted to strike: Now they’re essential workers, and can legally be prevented from striking by the government, so the union collective said “lol get fucked” and put a shitload of engineers from the offshore industry on strike instead. The doctors pretty quickly got what they wanted, and everybody got to see why we have to work together across sectors.
I can already see the German IG Metall union grinning and looking at the new Tesla factory in Germany. I would be careful if I were Tesla. Unions in Europe are extremely well connected.
Absolutely.
The Swedish Transport union, called “Transport” has already announced solidarity actions starting November 7, the actions include refusing to unload Tesla’s from ships.
The transport union has said that they have a lot more cards to play if they need too, but want to keep it a surprise. But actions would probably include refusing to deliver anything to Tesla.
I just love the feeling of union collectives banding together. Reminds me of a situation in Norway a couple years back where doctors wanted to strike: Now they’re essential workers, and can legally be prevented from striking by the government, so the union collective said “lol get fucked” and put a shitload of engineers from the offshore industry on strike instead. The doctors pretty quickly got what they wanted, and everybody got to see why we have to work together across sectors.