Tesla Inc.’s labor dispute is expanding to Denmark, where the country’s largest union said it will halt shipments of the cars to Sweden in support of striking workers in the biggest Nordic country.
  • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dkEnglish
    932·
    2 years ago

    I shall look forward to witness a ketamine-fueled Musk disabling all Teslas in Europe out of spite while tweeting “Fuck you Europe, this wouldn’t have happened under Hitler”.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      55·
      2 years ago

      Isn’t it wild how this is actually realistic, now?

      A few years ago I would have laughed at that absurdity, but then Elon straight up said some shit like “facts!” to antisemitic conspiracy theories and now I’m like…

      • undeffeined@lemmy.mlEnglish
        30·
        2 years ago

        After the latest interview where he told advertisers that pulled off twitter to go fuck themselves, yeah, very plausible.

        To think that at some point I admired him… oh well, we all make mistakes

          • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            51·
            2 years ago

            I can’t tell if you just used Tony Stark as a verb or a butt plug, but I would like to see you use Elon Musk in the same way.

        • SquizzyEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          That was done very much so to move the blame off of him for Twitter’s failure.

  • alienanimalsEnglish
    67·
    2 years ago

    Unions are effective at helping people obtain a livable wage. Support unions!

  • Bumblefumble@lemm.eeEnglish
    58·
    2 years ago

    This is putting heavy pressure on Tesla, Scandinavia is a huge market for them. And if the strike spreads to Germany, which it very well could, it could mean the cease of operation of the Model Y factory in Berlin, which would be devastating to them. I hope Musk manages to fuck up enough that he’s ousted from day to day control of the company.

    • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      2 years ago

      I dream of the day the board / shareholders oust him. They don’t need him. He adds no value. He only owns like 11% of the stock or thereabouts. He’s nothing but a POS. Why they haven’t yet only makes me think there are some agreements / clauses in place we’re not aware of…but I hope not. Maybe 2024 will bring some respite.

      I imagine…Twitter closure, Tesla ousting, it would be amazing.

    • Enk1English
      14·
      2 years ago

      I hope Musk manages to fuck up enough that he’s ousted from day to day control of the company.

      I’ll never fully understand how forcing his engineers to actually make the Cybertruck wasn’t enough to get him ousted.

        • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          The oppinion of Tesla was way different back then, the cult of Musk has lost a lot of influence since then.

    • agrammatic@feddit.deEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      And if the strike spreads to Germany, which it very well could, it could mean the cease of operation of the Model Y factory in Berlin, which would be devastating to them.

      A big problem is that Germany’s labour laws do not allow sympathy or political strikes. A strike can only be legally called in association with a collective bargaining agreement negotiation/dispute.

      Germany will be the weak link in this cross-country wave of strikes.

      • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Fuck that shit. Anyone calling a strike illegal does so because they know they have a losing hand.

    • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I hope Musk manages to fuck up enough that he’s ousted from day to day control of the company.

      The thing is, he was supposed to step down as a condition of his settlement with the SEC over fraudulently pretending he was going to take Tesla private.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
    243·
    2 years ago

    They may have to unload them in the UK (where sympathy strikes have been illegal since the Thatcher era) and truck them all the way to Sweden.

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
      59·
      2 years ago

      The UK is not in the EU. That would cost more customs delays, formalities, and costs.

      Musk is an idiot. There’s a reason companies like McDonalds cooperate with unions in Europe. It’s cheaper.

    • EuroNutellaManEnglish
      362·
      2 years ago

      Good luck trucking across the sea. And having to deal with the brexit bureaucracy

          • NotMyOldRedditNameEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Don’t the strikes need to target Tesla?

            Like repair shops could prevent repairs because to get parts they need to interact with Tesla, which they will refuse, but if a Tesla needed gasoline, can a gas shop actually prevent a customer from filling their tank?

            The strike isn’t against the customer, so I’m not sure that’d be allowed?

              • NotMyOldRedditNameEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                So you’re saying gas stations refusing to fuel trucks transporting a Tesla? If those trucks are a 3rd party company would that be okay? Can they sympathy strike against a different entity?

                100% agree if they are teala employees operating the trucks.

                This whole thing and all the side implications are fascinating to watch unfold

                • KrzdEnglish
                  8·
                  2 years ago

                  We all love them for that. If there’s one thing you about french people you have to admire it’s their willingness to use collective bargaining and fuck shit up.