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Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden’s Transport Agency after striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country stopped delivering license plates for new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker

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[–] doeknius_gloek@feddit.de 209 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The fact that the license plates are withheld "cannot be described in any other way than as a unique attack on a company operating in Sweden.”

The fact that Tesla refused to sign a collective agreement cannot be described in any other way than as a unique attack on swedish worker rights.

Get fucked.

[–] Amilo159@lemmy.world 61 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Get fucked Tesla - by the whole of Sweden.

[–] BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

Except Timbro the "liberal think-tank" (corporate lobbyists) currently bombarding our media with statements that the unions are blackmailing Tesla instead of bargaining. They don't mention that IF Metall has been trying to reach an agreement with Tesla for FIVE years already.

Those people are trash and should be kicked out of our country.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

And most intelligent humans and all animals.

[–] Chup@feddit.de 89 points 11 months ago (1 children)

More and more business in Sweden are refusing to work with Tesla. Suing will surely solve this problem. Big brain move there.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago

When you're Musk, you've never once had to negotiate a single thing in your life. You want something so you throw money at in and sycophants will take care of the rest. This isn't a question of him not thinking ahead, this is a question of him never having seen real consequences before and not knowing how to act in response.

[–] Knasen@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wow, good luck with trying to apply US tactics in Swedish society.

Suing will not get you anywhere except ridiculed.

The right to protest is protected by the equivalent of constitutional law.

But then on the other hand, you have "granted" yourself a "carte blanche" to exit the Swedish market afterwards.

"We did everything we could, we even sued the state but to no avail"

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Nope. It hasn't been decided yet. The court ordered that Tesla is allowed to collect the license plates them selves from the manufacturer. It is a temporary order for the duration of the hearings.

[–] Knasen@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

As Johandea wrote it it's a temporary "work around" that has been put in place during the time the case will be decided upon. The workers in question (union members within the postal services, and all others) are still on strike.

I have a hard time seeing that they will ever win over the unions in court and that the court will deem the strike illegal and force unions that are on strike to revoke it.

As said, (sorry but I miss wrote "protest") the right to strike is defended by law.

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Looks like you were absolutely right actually lol

[–] mindlight@lemm.ee 51 points 11 months ago

Aaaaah ... Doing it the American way.... Fantastic! I need to pop some more popcorn.

I'm confident that Tesla will get their license plates eventually. Eventually.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 44 points 11 months ago

LOL there really are some situations in which it doesn't matter how rich you are, and this is one of them. Sweden will make Musk bow down to reason, or else he'll close operations entirely in the country.

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 33 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Apparently he won that lawsuit according to Swedish news. It was a really fast turnaround on it.

The strike is from postal services not delivering license plates so Tesla sued for the right to send a dude to collect them personally from the transport agency.

I guess a local stooge from Tesla HQ has to put the plates into his trunk and hand deliver them to each Tesla.

[–] Murvel@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

Teala did not win, yet anyway. Tingsrätten (the lowest judicial instance) ordered Transportstyrelsen to give out the plates until the matter is resolved in court.

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 13 points 11 months ago

Damn that sucks. That guy should quit, or just do the job the slowest they can.

[–] Whiskey@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

Which is rather nice from a consumer perspective.