eddtries

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by eddtries 3y ago
You're right, I didn't write my original point very well. I'll blame it on Covid and rambling from bed lol.
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by eddtries 3y ago
Has there been a strike against a political party in Nordic union history?
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by eddtries 3y ago
That isn’t what’s happening here, it’s unions striking. Employees can’t just do this randomly, it has to be part of an organised strike which is fairly rare. Once the strikes in place the private employees (not civil servants) who belong to
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by eddtries 3y ago
Perhaps? But everyone I've spoken to have been pretty vocal about it, although more along the lines of "Musk is a tool"
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by eddtries 3y ago
The Tesla Model 3 is like $75k out here so it's not much more!
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by eddtries 3y ago
This would be true if there were not repercussions for the wider Swedish model, but since there are repercussions of rolling over it is Sweden vs Tesla
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by eddtries 3y ago
Unions set the lower bar but if you want to be competitive you still offer higher rates. I guess Musk could sign this and give everyone a pay cut!
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by eddtries 3y ago
Yup, and one is the principles of a large car company from another country while the other is the social underpinnings of the countries entire labour market going back a century
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by eddtries 3y ago
Polestars are pretty nice! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar_3
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by eddtries 3y ago
> I'm saying that it's not a strike if you're just refusing service to a customer. > is you downing tools and stopping working. These aren't exclusive, it's just they've downed tools and stopped working f
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by eddtries 3y ago
One factor that could be a thing in the next few years is the R&D on EVs, green mining, and rare mineral deposits found in Northern Sweden. Sweden now has the largest despot of materials used in EV batteries in Europe and is leading i
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by eddtries 3y ago
Because the previous examples of companies trying to avoid collective agreements have been American (notably Toys'R'Us and McDonalds)
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by eddtries 3y ago
I've lived and worked in the UK, the Bay Area, and Stockholm. Sweden does not pay as well but the employee/union perks & lifestyle is night and day compared to the other two. I definitely miss Bay Area salaries but I'm ge
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by eddtries 3y ago
> not compromising on principles Yes, I'm not talking about money here. Irrational means making bad decisions. The bad decision here is to continue playing with a bad hand against someone who isn't going to fold. Sweden is not
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by eddtries 3y ago
I probably shouldn't have complicated things by mentioning an individual, I really don't know if that could even be possible. Imagine I said Republican Party. The key thing is that for a strike to be declared it has to be called f
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by eddtries 3y ago
Hell yeah! Let's get those lazy workers on the lines working harder. Innovation and growth at all costs. Workers are cogs and if they're not behaving correctly they should be fixed or replaced. I, personally, am happy with a 21% i
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by eddtries 3y ago
Stockholm ranks very high for Unicorns per Capita which most people don't seem to be aware of. Some sources say it's just under the Bay Area. Certainly there are many for a small country. Spotify, Klana, Tink, Northvolt, Kry, Einr
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by eddtries 3y ago
Which is why I find it somewhat sickening when people argue that those who have to pee in bottles to meet KPIs for low wages are able to just go and find other work. People are out of touch on HN. I'm lucky, I can go find other work an
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by eddtries 3y ago
> plays ball Which is the case for 99% of companies. It’s only American ones internationally expanding who don’t realise other economies operate differently that get stung with this.
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by eddtries 3y ago
They will have to give in or close shop. Simply two options available. Musk is pretty irrational when it comes to backing down so I suspect the latter. I was just about to buy a new Tesla when this kicked off and don’t fancy the risk of hav
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by eddtries 3y ago
I think the next one will be payment processing not being completed for Tesla. Mass transit drivers could do that. Court & Firemen must guarantee a minimum level of service on their strikes, so that’s unlikely.
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by eddtries 3y ago
* and the strike must be lawful, to strike. You couldn’t arbitrarily strike and stop delivering mail to Trump for example.
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by eddtries 3y ago
You’re talking about countries that constantly rank top 10 for all the metrics that matter (happiness, innovation, education, healthcare, etc). And this has been a model used in practice for a hundred years. It’s why there’s so many stable
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by eddtries 3y ago
Absolutely not! But that isn't what is happening here.
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by eddtries 3y ago
Yep. The main reason I joined a union was for unemployment insurance. If I lose a job I get 80% of my salary for 6 months. I also get discounted home/personal insurance and better mortgage rates. Once you include standard employer perk
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by eddtries 3y ago
Which won't matter because they can't get license plates at the moment
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by eddtries 3y ago
My point is if you're working a job it isn't as easy as "find another one". These things are tough personal emotional topics. No-one wants to work at a job where they have to pee in a bottle, yet people work there.
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by eddtries 3y ago
I still feel that text makes it clear the actual working conditions & rights etc are built up by the unions and not the governments? Fwiw I live in Sweden and am a member of its largest Union
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by eddtries 3y ago
Can you think of a single time this has happened though? Unions are great in Sweden, totally unlike those in the US. They're basically different organisations entirely. You have three options: 1) government legislates everything tightl
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by eddtries 3y ago
Keep moving the goal posts, it's fun

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