Elon Musk’s electrical automotive firm has suffered a reversal of fortune in its ongoing battle with Sweden’s labor unions. Seems, Teslas gained’t be getting license plates within the nordic nation—no less than, not for the foreseeable future.
Tesla has been in deep shit with the unions of Scandinavia ever because it didn’t ratify a collective bargaining settlement with a bunch of Swedish mechanics in October. These mechanics, who’re a part of a distinguished Swedish Union, IF Metall, proceeded to go on strike, which spurred different regional labor unions to help their effort. Not too long ago, staff with Sweden’s publish workplace, PostNord, stopped delivering license plates to Tesla as an act of solidarity with the placing staff.
Predictably, Tesla’s response to this motion was to sue the federal government of Sweden. This spurred a Swedish courtroom final week to rule that the Swedish Transport Company, the guardian company of Sweden’s publish workplace, was obligated to ship license plates to the EV firm. Nonetheless, The Guardian now reports that these license plates gained’t should be delivered in spite of everything—no less than not for now. A Swedish courtroom determined that PostNord staff shouldn’t be pressured to ship license plates in the event that they don’t wish to. This newest judgement is an “interim resolution” that will probably be in impact till a “last ruling,” The Guardian stories.
PostNord’s cessation of Tesla license plate deliveries has made issues troublesome for the electrical automobile firm, and different Swedish staff—together with electricians, dock staff, cleaners, and drivers—have all abandoned (or are threatening to abandon) the corporate as properly if it fails to cut price with the mechanics. Tesla’s organized labor drawback seems to be spreading, too. Employees in Denmark and Norway have also instigated actions in opposition to the automotive firm as a present of solidarity. This makes it all of the extra ironic that, in a current interview, Elon admitted: “I disagree with the concept of unions.” Apparently, the sensation is mutual.
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