

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 did not ratify a collective bargaining settlement with a gaggle of Swedish mechanics in October. These mechanics, who’re a part of a outstanding Swedish Union, IF Metall, proceeded to go on strike, which spurred different regional labor unions to assist their effort. Lately, employees with Sweden’s submit workplace, PostNord, stopped delivering license plates to Tesla as an act of solidarity with the placing employees.
Predictably, Tesla’s response to this motion was to sue the federal government of Sweden. This spurred a Swedish court docket final week to rule that the Swedish Transport Company, the father or mother company of Sweden’s submit workplace, was obligated to ship license plates to the EV firm. Nonetheless, The Guardian now reports that these license plates gained’t need to be delivered in any case—no less than not for now. A Swedish court docket determined that PostNord employees shouldn’t be compelled to ship license plates in the event that they don’t need to. This newest judgement is an “interim determination” that can be in impact till a “remaining ruling,” The Guardian reviews.
PostNord’s cessation of Tesla license plate deliveries has made issues troublesome for the electrical automobile firm, and different Swedish employees—together with electricians, dock employees, cleaners, and drivers—have all abandoned (or are threatening to abandon) the corporate as effectively if it fails to cut price with the mechanics. Tesla’s organized labor downside 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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