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by Lowell20 957 days ago
Around 70% of people in Sweden are members of Unions for $15/month.

Sweden salary is 4k/month, with full health insurance, free school for the kids, free college. In case they get ill, workers get 2 years of 80% salary.

While you have at will contrracts in the US, unions in Sweden have ensured 3 months notice. Unions also negotiate minumum annual raise and gives you annual raise at least equal to inflation.

Unemployment insurance is handled by unions, you must be a member - 1 year of 80% salary and additional year. If needed, new training is obtained for free.

Without a union agreement, Musk workers are slaves.

No serious brand operates without unions.

2 comments

Did you reply to the wrong comment? This doesn't answer anything about the average the OP asked about.
Tesla workers in Sweden are paid less than an average in same industry in Sweden. No retirement funds. No injury insurance.

Sweden does not opearate llike that.

Again, he was talking about the injury rate -- not average salary or compensation.
Slaves?
yes, more or less slavery. modern slavery looks like that. underpaid. no rights. no pensions. no injury insurance. no right to. sounds like an average american factory worker. swedes don't want that.

educate yourself. there are 50 million people living in modern slavery today. and yes they are white too. however, the largest slaveholder in the world in India.

https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/