Tesla and IF Metall’s battle in Sweden is reaching harmful ranges because the automaker experiences that staff have acquired threats on social media. Tesla is now prioritizing the security of staff whereas the IF Metall strike continues.
Jönköpings-Posten (JP) lately visited Tesla’s new facility in Hedenstorp and talked with a consultant from the Texas-based automaker.
“It’s a delicate scenario. There have been threats on social media, and we need to defend the security of the workers on this scenario; our highest precedence is their safety,” the Tesla consultant instructed JP.
Throughout its go to to Tesla’s Hedenstorp facility, JP was not permitted to take photographs of staff or ask them questions concerning the IF Metall strike. Tesla additionally forbids JP from publishing any employee’s names. JP was directed to Tesla’s written assertion concerning any questions concerning the IF Metall strike.
The reply to what number of staff are literally on strike has been elusive. Tesla claims 90% of its staff are nonetheless working as a result of it’s counting all its staff in Sweden. Certainly, many Tesla staff have chosen to not be part of the IF Metalls strike; even the union’s contract secretary, Veli-Pekka Säikkälä, has alluded to it.
IF Metall’s numbers are just a little extra nuanced. The union solely counts Tesla staff inside its contractural space, which means those that are members of IF Metalls. As well as, white-collar staff will not be included amongst its members. The union states that half of Tesla’s mechanics are members of IF Metall, and never all of them had joined the strike.
IF Metall’s board will assess every Tesla union member who has not joined the strike. A few of them could also be excluded from the union. Veli-Pekka shared listed a number of causes staff won’t be part of the strike.
“There are migration instances, individuals from third international locations afraid of their residence allow. Some persons are on probation and concern for his or her employment. There are additionally EU residents who need to construct a life in Sweden and concern that they should transfer from Sweden once more. Some are afraid of what occurs after the battle. You’ve gotten heard from different international locations about commerce unions fired at Tesla.”
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