Elon Musk’s new enemy: Nordic workers Politico By Varg Folkman 12/8/2023
Union bosses tackling Tesla want EU to get tough on the world’s richest man.Nordic workers aren't happy with Elon Musk's Tesla — and they're showing their displeasure.
After Swedish workers began a strike earlier this fall against Musk's electric vehicle giant, many comrades in neighboring countries are now either standing in solidarity or preparing to do so.
Mechanics servicing Teslas in Sweden, who started striking in October, were joined by dockworkers and colleagues in car dealerships in a mounting anti-Tesla campaign. And help is now also starting to arrive from across Nordic borders.
Swedish union IF Metall has been pushing Tesla to sign a collective agreement on wages and working conditions. It threatens that the strike will go on until a deal is reached.
Continental union bosses are clear on how they feel about Musk, and they also want the EU to get involved.
"It's time for the European Union to step up and become tougher on Musk," Claes-Mikael Ståhl, deputy general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, told POLITICO.
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