Tesla Strike Called Off by Swedish Labor Union After Three Years
The union said Tesla bought out all remaining strikers, ending the longest labor conflict in modern Swedish history after mechanics walked out in 2023.
- On August 19, 2026, industrial union IF Metall ended its 1,021-day strike against Tesla, stating the automaker "bought out" its remaining strikers without signing a Swedish collective bargaining agreement.
- The conflict began on October 27, 2023, when roughly 120 Tesla mechanics walked off after the automaker refused to sign a kollektivavtal, the collective agreement covering most Swedish workplaces.
- Unions across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland launched blockades, with dockworkers refusing to unload shipments and PostNord halting license plate deliveries; Tesla registered 21,894 vehicles in Sweden during 2024.
- Registration data shows Tesla sales fell roughly 67% in 2025 compared to 2024, with analysts attributing the collapse to political backlash surrounding Musk's activities rather than the labor dispute.
- IF Metall chair Marie Nilsson said the three-year conflict involved "enormous personal sacrifice," while Tesla's buyout strategy establishes a template for other foreign employers to bypass collective agreements in Sweden.
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Tesla ends the Sweden strike by buying out every striker
The union announced it on 13 August. Its own statement sets the end at one minute past midnight on Wednesday 19 August. The strike began on 27 October 2023 with about 120 mechanics across seven Swedish workshops, Electrek noted. It became the longest industrial conflict in modern Swedish history. Tesla never signed a collective agreement, […] This story continues at The Next Web
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The IF Metall union puts an end to the strike begun in 2023 to demand a collective agreement after the compensation of the affiliated workers and without the collective agreement they claimed Two years of strike against Tesla in Sweden: “Elon Musk is acting ideologically against the unions” The strike of Tesla workers in Sweden has ended abruptly and traumatically after almost three years of labor dispute. The IF Metall union has announced the w…
The strike against the Swedish branch of Tesla, which began in October 2023, ended today. Auto mechanics campaigned for years for a collective labor agreement. Three years later, CEO Elon Musk has managed to buy out all the strikers. This was reported by the Swedish metalworkers' union IF Metall.
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