In Sweden, Tesla mechanics have been on strike for over two months to get a collective agreement. Now the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is starting a sticker campaign to show support.
Leader Jørn Eggum in Fellesforbundet launches a sticker campaign in support of striking Tesla employees in Sweden. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTBPublished: Published:
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One in five new cars sold in Norway last year was a Tesla. Norwegian car owners are now being asked to contribute to the fight for a collective agreement with the car giant, writes Free Trade Union Movement.
The strike in Sweden has also caused reactions in Norway, where several claim the situation is no better. But Fellesforbundet currently does not have enough members who work for Tesla to be able to demand a collective agreement.
Now, however, the union is launching a sticker campaign specifically aimed at Norwegian Tesla owners who want to support trade union organisation. The sticker with the text “I support the demand for a collective agreement at Tesla” can now be ordered and placed on the windscreen.
Fellesforbundet’s leader Jørn Eggum believes that the use of such stickers is a symbolic act that nevertheless has influence.
– The fact that more people are becoming aware that Tesla is trying to sneak away from the values Norway is founded on means that we put them in public trouble. What you are really doing is making people aware – that you are making a choice when you buy a car. Some may well choose not to buy a Tesla, even if they need an electric car, he says.
Experience from the USA shows that Tesla reacts to such symbolic actions. In 2017, American Tesla workers were threatened with dismissal after they handed out stickers and flyers about unionization in the factory parking lot after hours.
After four years in the legal system, the trade unions won, writes FriFagbevegelse.
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