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Elon Musk's Tesla Is Ending Sweden's Longest Strike by Buying Out Every Worker Still on It

Key PointsIF Metall said Thursday it is calling off its nearly three-year strike against Tesla, effective Aug. 19.

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The 1,021-day labor dispute in Sweden has finally come to an end as Tesla has purchased out every worker still participating in the strike, according to Swedish union IF Metall. The strike against the electric-car manufacturer began on October 27, 2023, and involved about 130 Tesla mechanics working in seven workshops across the country.

The union had been demanding a collective agreement covering most Swedish workers, but Tesla's offer of severance packages to all remaining striking employees was enough to bring an end to the walkout. The sympathy actions, which had spread across the Nordic countries, included dockworkers blocking Tesla cars from shipping to Denmark, Norway, and Finland, postal workers refusing to deliver license plates for new Teslas, and electricians declining to work on Tesla vehicles. The conflict finally ended with IF Metall calling off the strike on August 19, 2023.

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