Tesla is hiring a Nordic public policy expert as the U.S. electric vehicle giant's bitter dispute with labor unions across the region shows no sign of reaching a resolution.
  • UndercoverUlrikHDEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    All Tesla will achieve is destroying their reputation. Going after our unions is a boneheaded idea that will never work.

    • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      I genuinely don’t understand what Musk considers his leverage here.

      It seems like he has… none?

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          He lives in the US and like many Americans, believes he can get away with the awful practices he could back home.

          Doesn’t even understand the mentality between the populations is completely different.

          In Norway, the unions are beloved by all. Union busting just isn’t a thing you can do.

      • sunbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        If the John Oliver piece on him is anything to go by, he thinks he’s saving the world.

        And if that has to ruin a few thousand people’s work/life balance, it’s worth it.

        Plus effective altruism blah blah.