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Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading. Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points. (www.wired.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sweden doesn’t have laws that set working conditions, such as a minimum wage. Instead these rules are dictated by collective agreements, a type of contract that defines the benefits employees are entitled to, such as wages and working hours. For five years, industrial workers’ union IF Metall, which represents Tesla mechanics, has been trying to persuade the company to sign a collective agreement. When Tesla refused, the mechanics decided to strike at the end of October. Then they asked fellow Swedish unions to join them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird how reading the article will sometimes give more information than just reading the headline, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was thinking the same thing.

I resisted the urge to make a comment about it because honestly, sometimes I’ve been guilty of it, too. Also, some articles are so full of useless, unnecessary bullshit I can’t really blame people for not wanting to read them. So I just copied, pasted, and shut up. :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is actually a pretty nice system. It works like a protection for all workers, that their salaries are set by the union and it can't be changed by the company.

Of course Tesla doesn't like that, and of course capitalism in general hates that, because how are you going to replace then with cheaper workers? Or fire them when they feel like it (this is also regulated by the unions).

Capitalism is at its core about exploiting humans, and specially humans that are weak and not able to compete in the capitalism class system. It's company profits over humanity.