Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model::The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model, says journalist Martin Gelin

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    Or just the Norse in general, reminder that it was Norsemen who guarded the Roman Emperor in Constantinople.

    • Flying Squid
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      71 year ago

      Viking was not a nationality, it was a job, so your point is in some ways more accurate.

      • @dellish
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        81 year ago

        That and what we generally think of as “Vikings” were actually Danes, which is an insult to Swedes.

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        1 year ago

        Hence why I specified Norse, Vikings could just as easily be called pirates or reevers.