In Sweden, the innate suspicion towards organised labour of a US tech entrepreneur has collided with Europe’s social model. The Swedish IF Metall union is in an escalating battle with Elon Musk’s Tesla over the carmaker’s refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement, where employers and unions set labour conditions. The dispute has already spread to dockworkers in Norway and Denmark. Its implications for Tesla, unions and the auto industry stretch across Europe, and back home to the US.
在瑞典,一位美国科技企业家对有组织劳工与生俱来的怀疑,与欧洲的社会模式发生了碰撞。瑞典IF Metall工会与埃隆•马斯克(Elon Musk)的特斯拉(Tesla)之间的斗争不断升级,原因是特斯拉拒绝签署集体谈判协议(由雇主和工会设定劳动条件)。纠纷已经蔓延到挪威和丹麦的码头工人。这对特斯拉、工会和汽车行业的影响遍及整个欧洲,甚至波及美国本土。