COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Tesla has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Swedish authorities’s Transport Company over a staff’ strike that has blocked the U.S. auto maker’s requests for license plates for brand new automobiles, enterprise day by day Dagens Industri reported on Monday.
IF Metall, Sweden’s largest manufacturing union, is locked in a battle with Tesla to get a collective bargaining settlement for its mechanics in Sweden. Metall put the mechanics on strike on Oct. 27, refusing to service Tesla’s automobiles.
Members of different unions, together with postal staff, dockworkers and cleaners have since joined in a sympathy motion, leading to Tesla not getting license plates distributed, amongst different issues.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The Swedish Transport Company was not instantly accessible for remark.
(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen and Marie Mannes, enhancing by Terje Solsvik)
