Musk's Scandinavian woes deepen as Tesla loses Swedish court case, Finnish union joins port blockade

[Elderberry]

CNBC by Elliot Smith 12/8/2023

KEY POINTS

•   Tesla is facing mounting pressure across Scandinavian countries to sign a collective bargaining agreement with employees in Sweden.

•   Finnish transport workers' union AKT on Thursday confirmed that a blockade on Tesla vehicles earmarked for Sweden would also come into force across all Finnish ports from Dec. 20.

•   One of Denmark's largest pension funds on Wednesday announced that it would sell its holdings of Tesla stock over the U.S. giant's refusal to enter into agreements with labor unions.


Tesla's troubles with labor unions in Scandinavia deepened as it lost legal action against Sweden's postal service over its refusal to deliver license plates to the U.S. electric vehicle giant.

The postal service's workers blocked Tesla license plate deliveries late last month in a show of solidarity with mechanics striking over the company's refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement with employees, which is customary in Sweden.

Tesla took legal action while CEO Elon Musk branded the move "insane," but a Swedish court ruled Thursday that PostNord will not be forced to deliver license plates for now.

Possibly more concerning for Musk, however, will be the sympathy strikes spreading throughout Scandinavia as fellow unions coalesce their support behind the region's deeply entrenched principle of collective bargaining as a lynchpin of labor relations.

Union members across a host of Swedish industries have joined the secondary strike action with members of trade union IF Metall, who have been embroiled in an ongoing battle with Tesla for around six weeks.

More: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/12/08/musks-scandinavian-woes-deepen-as-tesla-loses-swedish-court-case.html

[Elderberry]

Elon Musk’s new enemy: Nordic workers

Politico By Varg Folkman 12/8/2023

Union bosses tackling Tesla want EU to get tough on the world’s richest man.

Nordic workers aren't happy with Elon Musk's Tesla — and they're showing their displeasure.

After Swedish workers began a strike earlier this fall against Musk's electric vehicle giant, many comrades in neighboring countries are now either standing in solidarity or preparing to do so.

Mechanics servicing Teslas in Sweden, who started striking in October, were joined by dockworkers and colleagues in car dealerships in a mounting anti-Tesla campaign. And help is now also starting to arrive from across Nordic borders.

Swedish union IF Metall has been pushing Tesla to sign a collective agreement on wages and working conditions. It threatens that the strike will go on until a deal is reached.

Continental union bosses are clear on how they feel about Musk, and they also want the EU to get involved.

"It's time for the European Union to step up and become tougher on Musk," Claes-Mikael Ståhl, deputy general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, told POLITICO.

More: https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-x-pace-x-faces-new-enemy-nordic-unions/

[GtHawk]

Just tell the Swedes that Telsas made for import there are all assembled by moslems, that should end the dispute.

[Fishrrman]

Mr. Musk ought to just close up shop there and withdraw from Sweden, entirely.
I'm sure he can get along without them.