Tesla has labor disputes in the United States, Germany and Sweden, including an ongoing strike in Sweden. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has expressed his opposition to unions on Twitter (now called X). These tweets are currently under scrutiny by US courts to determine whether they are protected free speech or unlawful. All unionization efforts at the Tesla Fremont Factory and Gigafactory New York in the United States have been unsuccessful. In Germany, Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg and Tesla Automation have elected works councils, but they have not signed collective bargaining agreements with the German trade union IG Metall (members pictured). The Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg works council is divided into pro-union and anti-union factions. In Sweden, mechanics who are members of the trade union IF Metall have been on strike since October 27, 2023, making it the longest strike in Sweden since 1938. The strike has since spread, with other Swedish, Danish and Norwegian unions calling for solidarity strikes.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_and_unions

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1959:

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

1970:

Wat Phra Dhammakaya, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded in Pathum Thani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Dhammakaya

1998:

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the then-youngest winner of an Olympic gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Lipinski

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

tl;dr: 1. (chiefly Internet slang) Initialism of too long; didn't read (or sometimes too long; don't read). 2. Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text. 3. Used to introduce a short summary of an overly long text. 4. (chiefly Internet slang) A summary; the gist, the long and short. 5. (transitive) To provide a short summary of (a text, an event, etc.); to summarize. 6. (intransitive) To provide a short summary of a text, an event, etc.; to summarize. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tl%3Bdr

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

So weird, how our prejudices have given everyone their lane. Middle Easterner does something, they're a terrorist. Black person does something, they're gang-related, they're a thug. But if a white guy walks into a church killing nine people there, what do they lead with on the news? "And today, in an isolated incident, a lone gunman walked into a church opening fire and killing nine people." It's always a lone gunman. "A lone gunman with no ties to society whatsoever". They always separate them as quickly as possible.   --Trevor Noah https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah