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The German concern BMW AG has, for the first time, outpaced the American company Tesla in the sale of electric cars in the European Union.

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 56 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Reminder that Tesla is still under union blockade in Sweden for refusing to recognize any Swedish unions, and has been flying in strike breakers from other EU countries.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any recent movements or updates?

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Here's an article from this week on the situation:

https://arbetet.se/2024/08/22/fackets-stamning-av-tesla-fastnade-i-den-fackliga-postblockaden/

The Mechanics' Union sued Tesla in June for violating the Swedish Union Reprentation Law, however, the Labor Court has not been able to serve Tesla since they are under blockade by the Postal Workers' Union. The Labor Court has now contacted Teslas lawyers to get the ball rolling.

Not too much happening on the strike front unfortunately. There was a fun incident where Tesla couldn't sell cars because the postal workers wouldn't deliver the license plates to them, and by law it's only the national postal service that is allowed to deliver license plates. They seem to have worked out a workaround though where Tesla is picking up the plates themselves.

The unions have the cash and support to continue the strike indefinitely, so the end result will either be that Musk takes his weird antiunion ideology blindfold off, or Tesla leaves Sweden.