If Tesla doesn’t want to put up an assembly line in Sweden because their management is too stupid and greedy to see the advantage of a unionized workforce, it’s their loss.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Sweden#... [2] ECONOMICS:MXCAP on trading view
My question to you. Would you rather drive a Swedish made car or one from Mexico?
You’ll never see modern manufacturing companies willingly become a union shop, it’s not in their best interest.
The rare times it does happen, it’s always against the wishes of management.
And by wealthy countries, I don’t mean countries where a select few have all the money and power and the working man is struggling.
I would absolutely prefer to live in a country where my fellow man work for a “non-productive” factory in Sweden, or any other advanced European economy, than in the US.
And quite frankly, if management wants to exploit their workers, they can go fuck themselves.
Moreover, union membership is rapidly falling. Every OECD country except Spain and Belgium are losing union members faster than they are being added.
Unions don’t really make sense for employers, and typically don’t make sense for high skilled workers either.
While I’m sure that many low skilled workers prefer them, it’s the companies and higher skilled workers who decide where businesses operate.