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  • Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 07:49:25 2023
    Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad
    boycott move
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    Tesla has long fended off efforts to unionize its workforce around the
    world. But in Sweden, the electric vehicle maker is facing its first
    formal labor action over its anti-union stance, with potential ripple
    effects for the company globally.
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    And now, Swedish workers of all stripes - dockworkers, electricians,
    cleaners and others - are banding together to boycott the U.S. company
    in solidarity.

    The strike is a response to the company's refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement for its employees, almost all of them mechanics,
    because Tesla doesn't have a manufacturing plant in Sweden.

    Even postal workers will stop delivering mail to Tesla

    https://www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1213157550/tesla-sweden-union-workers-boycott

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Nov 27 22:22:33 2023
    On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 07:49:25 -0600, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad
    boycott move


    Tesla sues Swedish government after worker rebellion cripples car biz

    Sparks fly as Elon's Musketeers sue for license plate liberation

    Tesla is suing the Swedish government to force it to take action
    against widespread strikes that have crippled the electric car maker's operations.

    Tesla sued the Swedish Transport Agency Monday after employees
    affiliated with Sweden's public service union, Fack...bundent ST,
    stopped delivering mail, including license plates, to Tesla, local
    news sources reported Monday.

    In Sweden, all license plates for new vehicles are delivered through
    Postnord, Sweden's postal agency, meaning the blockade prevents
    newly-purchased Teslas from becoming road legal.
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    Tesla is digging itself a EU-sized labor hole

    Swedish labor rights are incredibly strong, with white-collar trade
    group Unionen estimating some 70 percent of workers in the country are
    members of one of Sweden's many trade unions.

    The government stays largely uninvolved in matters between unions and employers, meaning much of the labor market is controlled through
    agreements between employers and employees and not by state
    regulators, who only intervene in extreme cases.

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/27/tesla_sweden_strike_lawsuit/

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 14 11:42:31 2023
    Tesla's trash won't get picked up as union actions in Sweden escalate

    As Tesla continues to resist collective bargaining with its
    autoworkers, Swedish transport workers will start skipping trash day
    at Tesla's workshops in solidarity

    Tesla will have to skip trash day in Sweden as the country's labor
    groups continue to protest the company's anti-union policies. Reuters
    reports the country's Transport Workers' Union will refuse to pick up
    waste at the automaker's workshops in solidarity with Tesla
    autoworkers who've been on strike since October 27th.

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/23999848/tesla-sweden-union-autoworkers-transport-trash-waste-pickup

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