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Re:Tesla battle with Swedish unions spreads to Denmark by topper-123 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:03AM (#38528888)
I agree. In general, european companies accepts unions, but in return requires its competitors are also be unionized. Tesla not being unionized is a problem for european car manufactorers as Tesla will have lower costs/more flexible work force.

Anyone know if the german Tesla factory is unionized?

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Re:Tesla battle with Swedish unions spreads to Denmark by lispm on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:33AM (#38529165)
It has a works council: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_council

Next year there are new elections for it.

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Re:Tesla battle with Swedish unions spreads to Denmark by h4kor on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:15AM (#38529003)
Not yet unionized, but IG Metall is making progress. They have representation in the factory and there recently was an action where thousands of workers wore union pins.
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Re:Tesla battle with Swedish unions spreads to Denmark by SiempreViernes on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:43AM (#38530034)
With Tesla having a blanket global ban on allowing unions coming straight from the top, I think IG Metall is just deluding themselves if they think they make progress.

Considering IF Metall started the current strike after trying to get deal signed for six years, I guess IG Metall will be still reporting "progress" out to 2030...

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