His appearance at the New York Times event may be best remembered for Musk’s diatribe against X’s missing advertisers; but the anti-union outburst shed light on a clash taking place thousands of miles away in Sweden.
Yet this small group of engineers is at the centre of a wave of industrial action, in which Swedish trade unions believe the very existence of the country’s long-established model of harmonious labour relations is under threat.
Tesla is not the only hi-tech company seeking to challenge the country’s approach: the Swedish buy now, pay later lender Klarna recently signed up to a collective agreement, but only after the threat of strike action.
In the US, the mighty United Auto Workers union has just won pay increases worth as much as 25% over the next five years for its members, after rolling strikes at major carmakers, including Ford and GM.
In Germany, where collective bargaining is traditionally widely used, the IG Metall union is actively seeking to organise in Tesla’s gigafactory near Berlin, which employs as many as 11,000 workers – and watching the Swedish standoff closely.
Sweden’s national mediator, Medlingsinstitutet, which plays a similar role to Acas in the UK, has attempted to act as a go-between but its senior labour adviser Per Ewaldsson acknowledges that it is a difficult one to resolve.
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His appearance at the New York Times event may be best remembered for Musk’s diatribe against X’s missing advertisers; but the anti-union outburst shed light on a clash taking place thousands of miles away in Sweden.
Yet this small group of engineers is at the centre of a wave of industrial action, in which Swedish trade unions believe the very existence of the country’s long-established model of harmonious labour relations is under threat.
Tesla is not the only hi-tech company seeking to challenge the country’s approach: the Swedish buy now, pay later lender Klarna recently signed up to a collective agreement, but only after the threat of strike action.
In the US, the mighty United Auto Workers union has just won pay increases worth as much as 25% over the next five years for its members, after rolling strikes at major carmakers, including Ford and GM.
In Germany, where collective bargaining is traditionally widely used, the IG Metall union is actively seeking to organise in Tesla’s gigafactory near Berlin, which employs as many as 11,000 workers – and watching the Swedish standoff closely.
Sweden’s national mediator, Medlingsinstitutet, which plays a similar role to Acas in the UK, has attempted to act as a go-between but its senior labour adviser Per Ewaldsson acknowledges that it is a difficult one to resolve.
The original article contains 1,186 words, the summary contains 219 words. Saved 82%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!