Lucky for Musk that he picked a Finnish supplier for the Cybertruck steel…
But only regarding stuff exported to Sweden.
Tesla in Finland already follows the agreements agreed by the unions and the employer representative in the so-called kolmikanta. Because it's the law. Sweden has more loose laws there.
Finland had a devastating and bloody civil war with whites and reds and a somewhat different history than Sweden regarding the labor market.
IIRC some Finnish union people have tried to export labor union concepts to say China but I've heard that labor activists are persecuted there.
https://efe.com/en/economy/2023-12-07/finnish-union-will-be-...
This headline is out of context. From what I read, postal workers striking said that Tesla should not be allowed to collect plates themselves because it's a job of union workers. Tesla went to court and got an early judgement (that they can collect) while the case goes on. Don't really understand if they really went to courts to force postal workers to deliver and I think it's unlikely as the law is pretty clear.
The larger context is Gigafactory in Berlin. The workers in nordic region are trying to encourage them to form a union. This strike does not really hurt Tesla that much, but if there is a strike in berlin, they would not be able to manufacture any car for the region. This also explains tesla's stance. They cave here, and will have to cave in Berlin too.
The key player in this regard is IG Metall, the one most aggressively pushing workers to unionize on the entire continent.
What I said and more can be found here: https://www.ft.com/content/d9317830-3b1d-4c03-9a8e-bb2073a84... Good context, but FT too reckons that tesla should accept the union and CBA, so take it as you will.
I don't think Tesla's will be as popular in the future. They've greatly damaged their brand through these actions already.