Elon Musk has decried a wave of “insane” strikes focused on Tesla workshops in Sweden, as workers target the US electric car manufacturer in a strike calling for collective bargaining rights.
In what has been portrayed as the largest fight in decades to save Sweden’s union model from global labour practices, the powerful trade union IF Metall has been leading a strike across eight Tesla workplaces in Sweden for five weeks.
It is the first time workers for the US carmaker have gone on strike and on Thursday, Musk, the tech billionaire and chief executive of Tesla, made his feelings clear, writing on X, formerly Twitter: “This is insane.”
Let’s appreciate the insanity of opening factories in countries with some of the best unions and laws supporting unions and then doing a pikachu face when those unions go and decide to bust your kneecaps for essentially abusing the workers… Elon why did you even open a factory in sweden? It was obvious from the beginning this would happen.
Probably some insidious long term plan to weaken unions in Scandinavian countries.
The rabble refuses to do my perfect bidding?! This is insanity!!
Elmo’s clearly the one whose insane.
Waiting for Noway and Denmark to join in and make it even more insane
I know there are Tesla Factories in Norway, but I don’t think there are any in Denmark. I’m Danish, but I could be wrong.
It’s more about the sympathy striking. If danish post clerks did not deliver letters to Tesla’s offices or like in Sweden, they won’t make number plates or unload them from the ships
Given the recent Dutch election I suspect trade unions may not be participating…
What does the Dutch election have to do with unions in Sweden, Noway and Denmark?
I’ll take “Things petulant billionaires say when they don’t get their way” for $1000, Alex.
He’s so persecuted. Guys, guys, be nice to Elon. He’s just the victim here. There’s no way these strikes are a direct response to his policies and business practices.
Poor thing.
USA strikers should take notes
Guys, this is what success for the working class looks like.
If the ruling class is upset, it’s because we’re doing something right.
If they’re content, it’s because they’re fucking us up the ass with no lube or reach-around.
They literally want us to roll over and just take it. And some of us are proud to. Glad that number is rapidly diminishing, though.
