Tesla: Tesla faces strikes in Sweden unless it signs a collective bargaining agreement
STOCKHOLM: Pressure is growing on Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, which most employees in the Scandinavian country have. Tesla has no manufacturing plant in Sweden, but 130 members of the powerful metalworkers' union IF Metall walked out on Oct. 27 at seven workshops across the country where its popular electric cars are serviced.Other trade unions joined in solidarity, including dockworkers at Sweden's four largest ports who decided Tuesday to stop the delivery of Tesla vehicles to increase pressure on the automaker to accept the metal workers' demands.On Friday, the Painters' Union said 53 painting companies would not do any work on Tesla vehicles in sympathy with IF Metall. If there is no agreement...