If the union succeeds with its blockade, it could become more difficult for Tesla owners to get their cars serviced or repaired, despite the fact that some other workshops also service Tesla cars.
However, things could get worse if the union extends its strike.
IF Metall has given notice of its intention to extend the strike from November 3rd to apply to 20 further workshops, which would also put members there under a blockade, preventing them from carrying out any work on Tesla cars at all. This could also prevent owners of new cars from collecting them, as members would be barred from carrying out the work needed in order to register new cars.
There are no plans for new negotiations between the two parties.
When asked how long strike measures were going to continue, he replied they would be in place "until we have a collective bargaining agreement in place".
(this line from the article made me chuckle, but still: get absolutely fucked Tesla)
Tesla has also found other ways to deliver new cars to Sweden, notably by road.
Hey, remember when the Tesla fucks got a court to provisionally order people to let them collect their plates directly from the agency, so they could circumvent the solidarity strike above?
Yeah, about that...
Tesla will have to wait even longer for its licence plates, after the Göta appeals court halted a provisional decision by the district court to order the Swedish Transport Agency to allow the car manufacturer to collect its plates directly from the manufacturer pending a trial.
The courts have not yet made a final decision on the case as a whole. The provisional decisions only relate to whether Tesla has the right to receive its number plates pending a trial. In a separate lawsuit, which is also still ongoing, Tesla has also sued postal service Postnord.
But Wait, There's More!
Denmark's biggest union 3F said on Tuesday its transport workers would launch a strike in solidarity with Tesla workers in neighbouring Sweden on December 18th if Tesla refuses to sign a Swedish collective wage agreement.
"All members of 3F Transport are covered by the solidarity movement. This means that dockers and hauliers will not unload Tesla cars nor transport them into Sweden," 3F said in a statement.
Both of these are sourced from The Local, but the top one isn't a separate link but part of a daily roundup, so no inline for that one...
A Swedish appeals court rejected Tesla's attempt to force the Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates during an ongoing strike.
The Göta Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the district court to throw out a request by US car manufacturer Tesla to force the Swedish Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates, on the grounds that a general court does not have jurisdiction in this case.
The strike against Tesla has been going on for almost seven months.
Tomas With, vice-president of IF Metall, told AFP that the necessary documents were ready and would be filed with the court next week at the latest.
According to the union, Swedish law dictates that companies need to keep unions regularly informed about their financial situation.
Employers who have not signed a collective agreement – which is the case for the American giant – must still inform the unions who have members working for them.
Since March, IF Metall has been organising meetings with Tesla's Swedish repair shops to obtain information about the company's financial affairs.
"In recent months, management has generally emphasised the need to make savings ... 'Will they reduce the number of employees or not?'" With asked.
While most of the workshops provided this information, one in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, refused, arguing that it was in conflict with IF Metall.
