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Tesla hiring Nordic policy expert as 'WWE-like standoff' with unions intensifies (www.cnbc.com)

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[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 70 points 10 months ago

All Tesla will achieve is destroying their reputation. Going after our unions is a boneheaded idea that will never work.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 35 points 10 months ago

I genuinely don't understand what Musk considers his leverage here.

It seems like he has... none?

[-] AlexJD@feddit.uk 42 points 10 months ago

His legal basis is that he thinks he's right

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

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.

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