<story><title>Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees</title><url>https://www.ifmetall.se/aktuellt/tesla/background-information-on-if-metalls-conflict-at-tesla/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>josephcsible</author><text>Isn&amp;#x27;t that cartel-like behavior and basically extortion? How is that legal?</text></item><item><author>Hikikomori</author><text>Other unions will deny services to Tesla in Sweden, strikers at one company are not alone. If they can operate without relying on another unionized company for anything they can still do it, and likely pay the same or more anyway as it will be in the media so many people will not take jobs there.</text></item><item><author>duxup</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s say they didn&amp;#x27;t sign.&lt;p&gt;Would enough people in Sweeden just not buy Teslas?&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t doubt it is &amp;quot;tone-deaf&amp;quot; but I see that mentioned a lot and PR spats seem to result in very little.&lt;p&gt;I find it hard to gauge these kinds of things, lots of PR disasters are declared but I&amp;#x27;m not sure many matter, even highly publicized gaffs don&amp;#x27;t seem to change much.</text></item><item><author>Tryk</author><text>If Tesla refuses to sign a collective agreement with the labor unions I hope they leave the Swedish labor market. Refusing to sign a collective agreement is a completely tone-deaf approach to conducting a business in Sweden.&lt;p&gt;For instance, Sweden does not have a legal minimum wage - this is all done by collective agreements. Nine out of ten employees work under a collective agreement.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Tryk</author><text>There is a concept called Solidarity, which Swedes take very seriously. If one employer chooses to not play fair by the rules of the labor market (which include negotiating with unions in Sweden) then other unions will show Solidarity with the one striking. The unions act with the mandate from the workers. They are not dictatorships.&lt;p&gt;Historically solidarity between workers is the reason why you only work 8 (instead of 16) hour days. Why workers have vacation days, sick pay, pensions and maternity leave etc.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Solidarity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Solidarity&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees</title><url>https://www.ifmetall.se/aktuellt/tesla/background-information-on-if-metalls-conflict-at-tesla/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>josephcsible</author><text>Isn&amp;#x27;t that cartel-like behavior and basically extortion? How is that legal?</text></item><item><author>Hikikomori</author><text>Other unions will deny services to Tesla in Sweden, strikers at one company are not alone. If they can operate without relying on another unionized company for anything they can still do it, and likely pay the same or more anyway as it will be in the media so many people will not take jobs there.</text></item><item><author>duxup</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s say they didn&amp;#x27;t sign.&lt;p&gt;Would enough people in Sweeden just not buy Teslas?&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t doubt it is &amp;quot;tone-deaf&amp;quot; but I see that mentioned a lot and PR spats seem to result in very little.&lt;p&gt;I find it hard to gauge these kinds of things, lots of PR disasters are declared but I&amp;#x27;m not sure many matter, even highly publicized gaffs don&amp;#x27;t seem to change much.</text></item><item><author>Tryk</author><text>If Tesla refuses to sign a collective agreement with the labor unions I hope they leave the Swedish labor market. Refusing to sign a collective agreement is a completely tone-deaf approach to conducting a business in Sweden.&lt;p&gt;For instance, Sweden does not have a legal minimum wage - this is all done by collective agreements. Nine out of ten employees work under a collective agreement.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Gareth321</author><text>I upvoted you because you’re technically right. It’s permitted because it generally leads to good social outcomes at the expense of business profit. This isn’t cost-free, of course. Nothing is. It’s just that Sweden believes the costs are worth it. By the numbers, outcomes for citizens are very good, so I think they’re correct.</text></comment>