Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2024

Tesla Sweden is seemingly facing its toughest challenge yet in its ongoing conflict with trade union IF Metall. As per recent reports, sympathy strikes from the Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Seko) and the Electricians Union have successfully put a stop to Tesla Sweden’s expansion of its Supercharger Network.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Wireless EV charging companyr Electreon announced a partnership to deliver a wireless charging initiative to BDX Företagen AB, a prominent road and freight distribution company operating in Sweden for Ahlsell AB.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tesla Sweden and IF Metall’s fight is extending into 2024 as the Swedish union returns to the strike line again. Local media outlet Dagens Nyheter recently sat down with IF Metall to get an update on its fight against Tesla Sweden. The contractor operates Amazon’s warehouse in Sweden.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

IF Metall is offering Tesla Sweden employees payment to join the union’s strike. The Tesla Sweden strike is in its third week. IF Metall is offering Tesla Sweden employees compensation to join its strike against the Texas-based company. Some of our readers in Sweden shared similar sentiments.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2024

Tesla has initiated a round of price cuts for its best-selling car, the Model Y crossover, in Germany and Sweden. Tesla’s price cuts for the Model Y in Germany may be part of the company’s efforts to remain competitive in the country. TSLA NEWS: Tesla slashed Model Y vehicle prices by up to €5.000 in Germany.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It appears that Tesla is looking to strengthen its legal team in Sweden, with the company posting a job opening for a government affairs specialist for the Nordic region. ” The job opening comes amidst Tesla’s efforts to navigate an ongoing union strike in Sweden. .”

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The head of the IF Metall union in Sweden, Marie Nilsson, sat in an exclusive interview and talked about the strike against Tesla. If Metall believes Tesla Sweden’s refusal to sign a collective agreement undermines the country’s long-standing labor model. “If The auto company has been working throughout the strike.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Tesla Club Sweden took it upon itself to calculate how many workers have actually joined the IF Metall strike. However, the Swedish union has denied Tesla Club Sweden’s count and has yet to provide figures. Tesla Club Sweden calculated that 13 IF Metall union members have joined the strike against the Texas-based automaker.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, the union faces some challenges with the employers association in Sweden. A few days ago, Sweden’s Transport Workers union announced it would stop collecting waste from local Tesla workshops starting December 24, 2023, joining other labor groups organizing sympathy strikes with IF Metall.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

IF Metall’s sympathy strikes against Tesla, Sweden forges ahead. Hydro Extrusions is a Swedish company that supplies aluminum parts for Giga Berlin’s Model Y production. Tesla Sweden prioritizes employee safety as they receive threats Tesla changed aluminum suppliers for Giga Berlin, and production has hit new milestones.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Tesla Sweden has started delivering new cars without registered license plates amid IF Metall’s ongoing strike. With only a few days left until Christmas, Tesla customers in Sweden receive new vehicles without registered license plates. Tesla Sweden and its customers have found ways to circumnavigate the issue.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Tesla Sweden is currently dealing with an escalating strike from IF Metall. Logistics companies have even gone on sympathy strikes, and efforts are underway to block ports in Sweden from receiving new Teslas. The conflict between Tesla Sweden and IF Metall does not seem to be approaching its end.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The strike against Tesla Sweden is escalating as the IF Metall union gains support from more organizations, including Seko, Fastighets, and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). The Real Estate Employee’s Union, Fastighets, has already stated that it will stop cleaning Tesla premises in Sweden.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Norges Bank Investment Bank (NBIM), which operates the Norwegian fund, supported Sweden’s IF Metall strike against Tesla. The bank urged Tesla Sweden to sign a collective agreement with IF Metall. Denmark’s AkademikerPension states it would watch the strike against Tesla Sweden, hoping for a satisfactory solution.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 9, 2024

Milence, the joint venture between Daimler Truck, the TRATON GROUP and the Volvo Group announces its third charging hub in Sweden located in Åstorp. Milence is committed to a fossil-free future for road transport.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Tesla Sweden sent letters directly to owners in the country, shedding some light on the impact of IF Metall’s strike on its operations. Tesla started the letter with a brief recap of its history in Sweden, including its establishment in 2013. IF Metall’s strike against Tesla Sweden has escalated over the past week.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 5, 2021

This week, the news is that it just delivered 30 more electric buses in Spain and got an order for 79 electric buses in Sweden. Madrid’s Electric Bus Entry The 30 electric buses delivered to the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid, EMT Madrid, […].

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Darko Davidovic is one of the key players in the ongoing union strike against Tesla in Sweden. But in a recent conversation with Swedish motoring news outlet CarUp , the lawyer confirmed that the only private car in his family today is a Tesla Model Y owned by his wife. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tesla Sweden nabbed a small win recently in its Postnord lawsuit. Tesla filed a lawsuit against Postnord for failing to deliver license plates for new electric vehicles meant for customers in Sweden. The district court gave Tesla the right to retrieve new vehicle license plates from Postnord’s Danderyd facility.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tesla customers in Sweden have criticized the IF Metall union as its strike against the car company escalates. The President of Tesla Owners Club Sweden, Tibor Blomhäll, commented that the strike is not affecting the car maker but is now hitting Tesla vehicle owners the most. I’m sorry.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Earlier this week, Tesla Sweden management issued a comment about the ongoing strike against the company, which has been escalating as of late. Overall, it appears that Tesla is determined to continue its operations in Sweden without signing a collective agreement with unions, as noted in a CarUp report.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Vetlanda Municipality is located in Jönköping County, Sweden. It is home to Norwegian aluminum maker Hydro, which has been affected by IF Metall’s strike against Tesla Sweden. In its Tesla strike, the Swedish union has involved multiple trade unions in Sweden and a few Nordic countries.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Tesla might get a strike notice from Swedish company IF Metall if the EV automaker doesn’t sign a collective agreement. Collective agreements are the foundation of the labor market in Sweden. 120 Tesla mechanics at seven workshops across Sweden will join the strike on Friday.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 19, 2021

That’s the big news out of Sweden today, as joint venture HYBRIT — a joint venture between SSAB, the state-owned utility, Vattenfall, and mining company LKAB — announced its aim to revolutionize a steel industry that, by some estimates, […].

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Amidst the tense atmosphere in Sweden, a notable portion of Tesla employees have continued to attend work as usual and refused to strike. These include some employees who are members of trade union IF Metall, which is currently clashing with Tesla Sweden over the EV maker’s lack of a collective agreement.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Tesla Sweden and IF Metall conflict is hitting its third month, and a lot has happened since it began. Tesla’s Lawsuits IF Metall has gained a lot of support within Sweden from other trade unions, including Seko, which brought Postnord into the strike. Norway’s governing Labor Party summoned Tesla to parliament last week.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 17, 2023

All-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Volta Trucks has confirmed its intention to accelerate its market launch for Sweden following overwhelmingly positive interest from customers.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2024

Back in November, Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) Chairperson Susanna Gideonsson was asked if the LO was prepared to escalate its battle against electric vehicle maker Tesla to the point where the company is driven out of Sweden. LO is an umbrella organization that covers 14 unions in Sweden, one of which is IF Metall.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Swedish Enterprise), an employers’ organization, has expressed concerns that the ongoing strike and blockades being implemented against Tesla in Sweden may give bad publicity to the country. Tesla’s electric vehicles are part of Swedish Enterprise’s company car program.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 10, 2024

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the opening of new facilities at its plants in Changwon, South Korea and Braås, Sweden. With the completion of the new battery pack production facility, we can now produce [electric excavators] in-house,” said Andrew Knight, Managing Director of Volvo Group Korea.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Northvolt becomes the first homegrown European battery company to achieve battery cell production in Europe with the first cells being assembled at its “Northvolt Ett” gigafactory in northern Sweden.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 19, 2024

Recent reports have indicated that Tesla Sweden was able to gain a small but important victory in its conflict with trade union IF Metall. The strategy would allow the EV maker to get around Postnord’s sympathy strike, which prevented the company from receiving license plates for its cars.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The analyst also said that the automaker’s battle with Scandinavian unions, especially in Sweden, has highlighted a potential for unions in the U.S. to target it, hoping Tesla will be the next unionized car company in the country. However, other unions have decided to partake in actions that hurt Tesla in Sweden.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While Hydro Extrusions has a collective agreement, the company is nonetheless fearful that it might lose Tesla as a customer. Tesla is one of the company’s largest customers , but with the union’s strike in place, deliveries to the EV maker have been halted for almost two weeks now. This is insanity squared!

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The conflict between Tesla Sweden and the trade union IF Metall has been going on for several months now, and even today, the two parties are not seeing eye-to-eye. Tesla has argued that its workers are already well taken care of and that Swedish law allows companies to determine if they want to have collective agreements or not.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A Tesla technician working in Sweden shared his two cents about the ongoing IF Metall strike. The conflict between IF Metall and Tesla Sweden has put employees in a tough spot as some have joined the strike, but most have decided to continue work. He also shared details about his relationship with the union.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

IF Metall’s strike against Tesla Sweden might spread as the Swedish union seeks support across Europe and the United States. Union membership has been declining in Sweden, but Swedish unions remain one of the largest in Europe. Unions in Sweden still hold significant power.

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