(Reuters) – A Swedish appeals court docket has rejected Tesla (NASDAQ:)’s try and power postal agency PostNord to ship licence plates to the U.S. automaker, based on a ruling made on Thursday, a part of a wider battle between the automotive firm and labour unions.
A district court docket had dominated earlier in December that PostNord in the meanwhile doesn’t have to ship licence plates to Tesla, which is being blocked by the postal service’s employees as a part of a sympathy strike.
However whereas the postal blockade makes entry to licence plates tougher, Swedish media has reported that the corporate has discovered methods to bypass the unions by asking automotive patrons to order plates themselves.
Tesla is going through a wave of union motion within the Nordic area, backing Swedish IF Metall’s mechanics who went on strike in October, demanding a collective settlement overlaying wages and different circumstances.
“It’s gratifying that the court docket of attraction reached the one cheap conclusion, that the constitutionally protected proper to strike takes priority over Tesla’s pursuits,” labour union Seko’s president Gabriella Lavecchia instructed Reuters by e mail.