alphacyberranger to World NewsEnglish • 9 months agoTesla hiring Nordic policy expert as 'WWE-like standoff' with unions intensifieswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square41arrow-up1190arrow-down110
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minus-squareAndylinkfedilinkEnglish35•9 months agoI genuinely don’t understand what Musk considers his leverage here. It seems like he has… none?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish42•9 months agoHis legal basis is that he thinks he’s right
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoHe lives in the US and like many Americans, believes he can get away with the awful practices he could back home. Doesn’t even understand the mentality between the populations is completely different. In Norway, the unions are beloved by all. Union busting just isn’t a thing you can do.
minus-square@sunbyteslinkEnglish14•9 months agoIf the John Oliver piece on him is anything to go by, he thinks he’s saving the world. And if that has to ruin a few thousand people’s work/life balance, it’s worth it. Plus effective altruism blah blah.
I genuinely don’t understand what Musk considers his leverage here.
It seems like he has… none?
His legal basis is that he thinks he’s right
He lives in the US and like many Americans, believes he can get away with the awful practices he could back home.
Doesn’t even understand the mentality between the populations is completely different.
In Norway, the unions are beloved by all. Union busting just isn’t a thing you can do.
If the John Oliver piece on him is anything to go by, he thinks he’s saving the world.
And if that has to ruin a few thousand people’s work/life balance, it’s worth it.
Plus effective altruism blah blah.