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Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model (www.theguardian.com)
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Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model::The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model, says journalist Martin Gelin

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or just the Norse in general, reminder that it was Norsemen who guarded the Roman Emperor in Constantinople.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Viking was not a nationality, it was a job, so your point is in some ways more accurate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

That and what we generally think of as "Vikings" were actually Danes, which is an insult to Swedes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hence why I specified Norse, Vikings could just as easily be called pirates or reevers.