Bold of you to assume I’m expressing defeatism. My point is that Tesla can and will fight it. They’ll lose eventually, sure. My hope is that the union has enough money to pay the court costs.
IG Metall is one of the largest unions we have. They have deep pockets. Also, in Germany the losing party automatically pays court fees and their opponent’s lawyers afterwards.
I would worry more about those workers who aren’t union members. It’s possible they’ll still help them out of principle, but they don’t have to.
That’s a fantastic rule that I wish were true everywhere. So many frivolous lawsuits (which Elon is well-experienced in filing) would suddenly disappear.
Well, the word “automatically” is an exaggeration. For example, if it was a close call and it seems you were in the court fairly, then the losing side might not have to pay up, at least not in full. But often they do. Better settle if you think you’ll lose. It’s a lot cheaper that way.
What are you talking about? They have infrastructure in Germany. They can’t just hide on US land.
Bold of you to assume I’m expressing defeatism. My point is that Tesla can and will fight it. They’ll lose eventually, sure. My hope is that the union has enough money to pay the court costs.
The German government given the current environment with musk will likely get involved if it goes there
I hope so. Someone needs to stand up to him.
IG Metall is one of the largest unions we have. They have deep pockets. Also, in Germany the losing party automatically pays court fees and their opponent’s lawyers afterwards.
I would worry more about those workers who aren’t union members. It’s possible they’ll still help them out of principle, but they don’t have to.
That’s a fantastic rule that I wish were true everywhere. So many frivolous lawsuits (which Elon is well-experienced in filing) would suddenly disappear.
Well, the word “automatically” is an exaggeration. For example, if it was a close call and it seems you were in the court fairly, then the losing side might not have to pay up, at least not in full. But often they do. Better settle if you think you’ll lose. It’s a lot cheaper that way.
So basically you just have to prove that you weren’t filing frivolously. Sounds like a decent bar to clear.