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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Heather Stewart

‘We can’t let Tesla get away with this’: why Swedish unions are fighting Elon Musk

A striking union member outside Tesla’s service centre in Segeltorp, Sweden
A striking union member outside Tesla’s service centre in Segeltorp, Sweden. Photograph: Tt News Agency/Reuters

“I disagree with the idea of unions,” Elon Musk said during a rambling onstage interview this week. “I just don’t like anything which creates a lords and peasants kind of thing.”

His appearance at the New York Times event may be best remembered for Musk’s diatribe against X’s missing advertisers; but the anti-union outburst shed light on a clash taking place thousands of miles away in Sweden.

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