Tesla and IF Metall’s battle in Sweden is reaching harmful ranges because the automaker experiences that workers have obtained threats on social media. Tesla is now prioritizing the protection of workers whereas the IF Metall strike continues. 

Jönköpings-Posten (JP) just lately visited Tesla’s new facility in Hedenstorp and talked with a consultant from the Texas-based automaker. 

“It’s a delicate state of affairs. There have been threats on social media, and we need to defend the protection of the workers on this state of affairs; 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 images of employees 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 relating to any questions concerning the IF Metall strike.

The reply to what number of employees are literally on strike has been elusive. Tesla claims 90% of its workers are nonetheless working as a result of it’s counting all its employees in Sweden. Certainly, many Tesla workers 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 a bit extra nuanced. The union solely counts Tesla employees inside its contractural space, that means those that are members of IF Metalls. As well as, white-collar employees aren’t 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 employees may not be part of the strike. 

“There are migration circumstances, folks from third nations afraid of their residence allow. Some persons are on probation and worry for his or her employment. There are additionally EU residents who need to construct a life in Sweden and worry that they should transfer from Sweden once more. Some are afraid of what occurs after the battle. You have got heard from different nations about commerce unions fired at Tesla.”

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Tesla Sweden prioritizes worker security as they obtain threats