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Än finns ingen lösning i sikte på den infekterade konflikten mellan IF Metall och Tesla.En Tesla-anställd tekniker som Ekot pratat med är kritisk mot fackets ...
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The Tesla technician works despite the strike: "Disappointed in the union"
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Published today at 12:30 p.m
- There is still no solution in sight for the infected conflict between IF Metall and Tesla.
- A Tesla employee technician that Ekot spoke with is critical of the union's fight for a collective agreement, and chooses to continue working despite the strike.
- "If I hadn't liked my job, if it had been as toxic as they describe, then I would have changed jobs," he tells Ekot.
The technician, who does not want his name to be made public, does not support the union's demand for a collective agreement. He thinks that the conditions he now has are good enough.
- When I had a job that had a collective agreement, the wages were set based on a wage table. This feels nicer because if you do something well, you get a reward, he says.
The technician has previously been a member of the union for 10 years, but chose to leave shortly before the strike broke out in October.
- They didn't ask us how we are. I think that if you start a conflict this big, you should have been asked that question. The union has visited us several times but never asked any questions about how we are doing. They have only asked us to sign and turn their heels when they get a no. I felt betrayed.
Veli-Pekka Säikkälä is contract secretary at IF Metall and does not share the Tesla technician's view of a lack of dialogue between unions and employees before the strike.
- We have recruited members and that recruitment also includes talk about collective agreements. We have had member meetings, but my impression is that there have been broad meetings where they talked about the aim being to get a collective agreement, says Veli-Pekka Säikkälä, contract secretary at IF Metall.