Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees

Re:Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees by aidenn0 on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @11:54AM (#37917034)

This is another difference from the US. Certain forms of solidarity action are illegal in the US.

The TL;DR of US labor law is:

1. Companies do [very illegal under local law, up to and including murder] things to bust unions; they buy off the local authorities to get away with this.

2. The Federal government adds specific protections for unions -- many of which don't exist in various European countries.

3. Companies complain that #2 makes unions too powerful, so the Federal government adds specific restrictions on unions -- many of which don't exist in various European countries.

I'm curious about the history in Europe, since an equilibrium seems to have been found without steps #2 and #3.

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Re:Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees by mrmanner on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @02:19PM (#37919287)

I don’t know about Europe at a whole, but there are examples of unions also employing step 1). Like, announce a strike and then beat up or even murder people working anyway.

Also many unions did what business owners had done for centuries and went into politics. The social Democratic party in Sweden for example, is a part of the largest labour union. This is somewhat controversial in some circles, for sure, but changes the power dynamic for steps 2 and 3 a lot.

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