Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions | Martin Gelin
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The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model, says journalist Martin Gelin

Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model::The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model, says journalist Martin Gelin

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
      56·
      11 months ago

      That’s broadly not how the labour market works in Europe - but it does in Scandinavia, where the unions “won” (and long may they reign). Almost EVERYONE is in a union, most unions have negotiated a seat on the board of the business and as a result, the union-employer relationship is SO different to elsewhere. This includes the need for state interventions like minimum wage or work time maximums (except the EU directives on work time maximums, which the Nordic countries felt very uncomfortable adopting as it felt like an unnecessary intervention).

      Consequently, the unions have “grown up” and don’t reflexively reject any labour market adjustments required. They act as a mature partner, even through redundancies, working to minimise and help people move on.

      Partnered with the Scandinavian “flexicurity” model, where it’s very easy to hire and very easy to fire people, but the state has strong support for unemployed people in between jobs (education, financial support), the labour market is probably the most efficient in the world.

      Social democracy, yo. It works.

      • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        I agree except for my point in life and with all factors consider, I need it to be hard to fire lol

        • silly goose meekah@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          11 months ago

          If your flat, food, and education gets paid for by the government while you are in between jobs, why be afraid of being fired?

          • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            11 months ago

            Because i live in NA and its expressly NOT like that and also we dont have any free shit to the extent thats a viable option to be able to just suddenly decide to go do.

            Edit: my flat/food/education are nowhere near paid for, our welfare state sucks and and thats why I think Nordic countries are superior and we’re American bootlicking fucking morons.