L4sBotNov 16, 2023

Sweden’s Tesla blockade is spreading — Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix chargi...

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Sweden’s Tesla blockade is spreading — Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix chargi... - Lemmy.World

Sweden’s Tesla blockade is spreading — Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix chargi…::Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on.

Show threadrestingboredfaceNov 17, 2023
Would love to see this happen in the US. Would be a total shitshow but very entertaining to watch.
Show thread0x0Nov 17, 2023
Isn’t unionizing a crime in some states or somesuch?
Show threadWashedOverNov 17, 2023
In some ways I’m surprised by the confusing name of right to work states which turns out to be really easy to fire states.
Show threadMooseBoysNov 17, 2023
“Right to work” refers to the fact that in those states, unions cannot force membership or payment, or force you to participate in labor strikes. You can still have a union in those states, but it’s very difficult for them to be effective because most people will choose not to pay into it, and strikes have significantly less bargaining power if there’s no legal obligation for union members to follow through with a strike.
Show threadammoniumNov 17, 2023
I feel like there’s something more missing. We have “right to work” in Belgium. You can’t be forced to join a union or a strike, yet unions are strong here.
Show threadItsMeSpez
Propaganda is the key difference, would be my guess. American’s have had anti-union sentiments shoved down their throats for many many years now.
Nov 17, 2023 at 5:07pmWeb
Show threadTopRamenBinLadenNov 17, 2023

I grew up in a “right to work” and “at will” state working mostly retail, and I can confirm that most of the break rooms had a poster going over the negatives of unionization.

The “at will” part makes it so the boss can fire an employee for any reason they want, so anybody trying to unionize would be let go for some arbitrary reason if they were found out, anyways.