Finnish unions join actions against Tesla
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🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: In a widening regional labor challenge for Tesla, the Finnish Transport Workers Union has joined an ongoing dispute in support of Tesla employees in Sweden. Plus, in a left-field move, Chanel has chosen the streets of British industrial city Manchester to host a catwalk show. Then, Korea’s cultural exports, or K-content, is worth $12 billion. The latest trend? The K-dog.
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| 0:24.8 | Finnish Union slammed the brakes on Tesla deliveries amidst a regional drive for workers' rights. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello and you're listening to the Marketplace Morning Report live from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:35.4 | I'm Leanna Byrne and a very good morning to you. |
| 0:38.1 | Recently we were telling you all about a growing industrial dispute in Sweden involving Tesla's workers. |
| 0:44.4 | It all started when mechanics at service centers went on strike because |
| 0:48.1 | Tesla refuses to commit to a collective bargaining agreement and that's essentially a deal between workers and |
| 0:54.1 | their employers where they agree on things like pay, working hours and rules for the job. |
| 0:59.1 | Other sectors came out in support including the Postal Service and Dockers then it spread with unions in |
| 1:04.8 | Norway and Denmark saying they would block shipments now in a widening |
| 1:08.8 | regional labor challenge for Tesla Finnish unions have joined the ongoing dispute. |
| 1:13.7 | Dockers represented by the Finnish Transport Workers Union will stop loading and unloading |
| 1:18.3 | Tesla vehicles bound for Sweden. |
| 1:20.9 | The BBC's Hannah Mullane has the details. Hello, |
| 1:23.7 | fill us in on why Finland is getting involved in this Tesla labor dispute in Sweden. |
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