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by ionyun 927 days ago
I'm very much for the Nordic model and hope the unions prevail. Still I think it is yet to be seen whether it is Tesla making the mistake of thinking the whole world works like the US or if it is Sweden not understanding that it now works similarly to the US. There have been a lot of "having your cake and eating it too" going on in Sweden in the last few decades. It will be a stupid and costly exercise but as things are now I don't see any fundamental reason why Tesla wouldn't be able to go around the unions if they really wanted to.

The current Swedish government just signed an agreement to be able to station US troops under US jurisdiction at Swedish military bases. You think they are going to side with the unions?
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stiray 927 days ago
The unions are outside the state model. Their only task is to protect workers and their rights. So no. The Sweden has 88% of their 10.5 million workers population in unions. And you can bet they care more about their working conditions than US military bases.

And since they are also voters on next elections, you can imagine what would happen if government would start working against unions in favor of US military bases.

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Unfrozen0688 926 days ago
>There have been a lot of "having your cake and eating it too" going on in Sweden in the last few decades

What do you mean?

>The current Swedish government just signed an agreement to be able to station US troops under US jurisdiction at Swedish military bases. You think they are going to side with the unions?

They don't have a say in the matter.

Companies, Unions, Workplaces and Courts are separate from government.

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