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Nothing is more powerful than a union that can shut down a billion dollar company while also scaring the ever loving shit out of its own government.
This is the reason why unions should be everywhere.
Power to the people!
Swede here, one of the best thing about unions here is that sympathy strikes are legal.
When Toys 'R Us tried to establish themselves on the Swedish market, they refused to sign a collective bargaining agreement with the national store workers union.
TRU refused to hire union staff, which is legal, but other unions took notice and sympathy strikes started.
TRU could not get advertisements and marketing material printed as the print media union refused the work.
TRU could not get deliveries as the transport union refused to handle their deliveries.
TRU could not even pay their bills as the financial workers union refused to process their payments.
So TRU gave in and signed a CBA, they hired union staff and the stores could open, however the time in Sweden was relatively short lived for TRU.
These tactics are in use currently against Tesla as they have also refused to sign a CBA.
Sadly they have proven to be less effective in this case.
Last I heard the dockworkers union still refuse to unload Tesla cars in Swedish ports, so Tesla unloads them outside of Sweden and use foreign transportation companies to deliver them.
The postal workers union refuse to deliver registration plates to Tesla, so they have started having the new owners take delivery of the plates and then fit them at Tesla.
The most effective part is that the electricians union refuse to work on Tesla chargers, so new ones are not connected and broken chargers are not repaired. At my local super market there are six new chargers that are just sitting there and have been for the last two years due to this.
Did you read the article? The court pretty much took away their power to strike.
Lol or what? This is what these megacorporations never understand: If I'm already broke, wtf do I give a shit about a fine? We'll just strike harder. And good luck getting scabs.
Every time I see"court orders striking workers to go back to work" I always wonder yo myself why they think that will work.
Of course, I'm even MORE baffled when it works.
You guys had them so terrified that they got courts involved, and you think THEY Hold the power?
Protip: if you hold out long enough, fines will be dropped. If you hold out long enough, their resort is to put you in jail, in which you still won't be working (for that company, anyway)
Also there's a super secret move where you and your coworkers drag your employer out of their home in the middle of the night.