Danish dockworkers are refusing to unload the US electric car giant's vehicles in solidarity with Swedish Tesla workers, whose demands for better wages and benefits have sparked widespread strikes dubbed "insane" by Tesla boss Elon Musk.
"Like the companies, the trade union movement is global in the fight to protect workers," said Jan Villadsen, the chair of Danish labor union 3F, in a statement to Reuters.
The strike will only affect cars meant for the Swedish market, where workers are striking to try and force a collective agreement on wages and benefits for the 120 employees who work at Tesla's service facilities in the country.
Nine other Swedish unions have joined the strike in solidarity, with dockworkers refusing to unload Tesla's cars at ports and electricians refusing to repair the company's charging stations.
The Swedish postal service also joined the strike in November, meaning that for a time new Tesla owners in the country weren't able to receive their license plates or register their cars, a move that Musk called "insane" in a post on X.
Tesla won a reprieve after a court ruled that Sweden's Transport Agency must ensure that the license plates are delivered or face a fine, but the industrial disputes come at a bad time for the company as it battles to keep its spot as the world's top EV producer.
Source: Reuters, Business Insider
