Workshop mechanics, associated with the IF Metall trade union, which represents 300,000. employees across the country are demanding that the American company sign a collective agreement specifying, among other things, salary levels and contributions to the pension fund. However, Tesla refused, explaining that it already offers contracts equivalent or better than those covered by collective agreements and “sees no reason to sign another contract,” it reports.
Sweden. Trade unions join the strike of Tesla employees
The IF Metall trade union began on October 27. It covered 12 Tesla service centers. The Swedish Transport Workers’ Union joined the protest action and on Tuesday introduced a blockade of the ports in Malmoe, Sodertaelje near Stockholm, Gothenburg and Trelleborg. According to The New York Times, dockers refuse to unload Tesla cars. Moreover, they announced the extension of the blockade to all ports in Sweden, which would take place from November 17.
As we read in the American daily, the trade union of electricians may also join the strike, as they have announced that they will stop servicing Tesla charging stations when they require repair. In turn, conservators threaten to suspend all work at the facilities of this American company.
Has Tesla stopped deliveries of electric cars to Sweden?
Last week, when the blockade of four Swedish ports was announced, Tesla was said to have redirected deliveries of its cars to other ports. Then the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union threatened that if no agreement was reached, the blockade would cover all ports in Sweden on November 17.
Mans Frostell, general manager of the Sodertalje port near Stockholm, told The New York Times that Tesla delivered an average of 1,200 cars to Sweden per week. However, this week, not a single vehicle from Elon Musk’s company reached the ports.
Unions supporting the IF Metall strike said they wanted not only to improve working conditions for Tesla’s mechanics, but also to defend Sweden’s long-established system of organized labor, in which employers and workers work together to reach consensus on wages, benefits and working hours. Such contracts cover about 90 percent of employees in Sweden, explains The New York Times.
Source: Gazeta
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