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Sweden’s Tesla blockade is spreading — Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix chargi... (www.wired.co.uk)
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Sweden’s Tesla blockade is spreading — Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix chargi...::Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reading the article, it seems they do not have basic minimum wages set federally and collective agreements are the basis in all workplaces.

I have to wonder if Tesla will just find other ways to get the product into the country instead. Unconfirmed local reports say that the cars are being unloaded in Danish ports then driven into Sweden.

Toys are Us refused to sign a collective agreement in the mid 90s but was convinced to sign after similar strike actions.

So it seems Sweden might still have a strong union environment and will be able to affect public sentiment about Tesla in the long term as they even mention people refusing services from Tesla based taxis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The original trigger is that Tesla refused to negotiate with the union members for 5 years (IF Metall is the union, for industry workers), they haven't recognized the unionization at all.