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> pivot to become some evil-ish adtech thing to survive? Yeah, we've all been there. Northvolt is different! We will make a difference, we _are_ making a difference

Sounds great! If the company wants to make a difference in a not evil-ish way, you could start by improving the working conditions of the 2000 workers building your factory.

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https://arbetet-se.translate.goog/2021/11/03/facken-larmar-o...

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I don't appreciate the snarky tone, but I guess my somewhat glib original post might have warranted it.

At any rate, I do of course agree that the oversight we had with 3rd party construction workers clearly was not good enough. I think unfortunately those types of violations are fairly endemic in construction in general in Sweden, but that's not really an excuse for a company that bills itself as trying to make a positive change in the world. Gotta walk the talk etc.

I'm not so close to the construction team myself, but from what I know we have been making serious efforts lately to combat this problem by cutting down on subcontractors and working with the Byggnads union:

https://www.byggvarlden.se/northvolt-kapar-i-leverantorslede...

https://www.byggnadsarbetaren.se/efter-skandalerna-northvolt...

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/dalarna/vill-inte-ha-fusk-...




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