Danish union joins Swedish workers' walkout over Tesla

 Danish union joins Swedish workers' walkout over Tesla

Danish union joins Swedish workers' walkout over Tesla

There is growing pressure on an American electric vehicle manufacturer to provide its workers the right to collective bargaining.

The biggest trade union in Denmark has joined the Swedish Tesla workers' walkout, putting further pressure on the US electric vehicle manufacturer to provide its employees the right to collective bargaining.

Six weeks into their strike, members of the Swedish trade union IF Metall are receiving support from a variety of sectors, including dock workers, painters, electricians, and postal workers, who have started secondary action.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, hasn't shown much sympathy so far. He called the PostNord secondary action "crazy" and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency and the postal service for failing to provide license plates. new automobiles.

In response to IF Metall's request, the Danish union 3F Transport is joining the "sympathy strike" in an effort to stop dock workers and drivers from collecting and delivering Tesla vehicles that are headed for Sweden.

The union's whole membership is on a sympathy strike. The news comes amid rumors that Tesla would ship its vehicles to Danish ports and then transport them by road to Sweden in an effort to avert a walkout by Swedish dock workers.

3F Transport president Jan Viladsen expressed his optimism that the action will assist in getting Tesla to the bargaining table.

"Right now, IF Metal and Swedish laborers are engaged in a very significant conflict. We undoubtedly assist them when they ask for help. The trade union movement is an international force fighting for workers' rights, much like businesses. He stated.

"We are now taking action to increase the pressure on Tesla in light of the sympathy strike. Naturally, we hope that they will sign the collective agreement and get around to the negotiation table as soon as possible.

Willadsen said, "Even if you were one of the richest people in the world, you can't just make your own rules," a clear jab at Musk.If you want to operate a company in the Nordic area, you must abide by particular labor market agreements.

The announcement was welcomed by Veli-Pekka Sikkala, the contracts secretary for IF Metall, who stated: "We are pleased that the Danish trade unions are closing down." Regarding if other Nordic nations were organizing similar acts of charity, he did not want to say.

The main private sector union in Norway, Felsforbundet, has previously said that it would be willing to prevent Swedish Tesla from entering the nation.