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Tesla mechanics and service workers in Sweden walked out on strike on October 27, after Tesla management refused to negotiate a collective agreement with their union, reports Clive Tillman.

At the port of Malmo in the south of Sweden they are unloading imported cars, which stand in rows on the dock, but one brand is mising, Tesla, the US-made battery-powered car. That's because Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload them.

Working people the world over have celebrated the first of May as “International Labor Day” since 1886, when workers in the United States struggling for an eight-hour day staged a May 1 national protest.

Working people the world over have celebrated the first of May as “International Labor Day” since 1886, when workers in the United States struggling for an

After tackling the Big Three car makers, the United Auto Workers is setting its sights on Tesla

German Bender The proposed European Union directive on minimum wages has met strong criticism in Scandinavia. But up to now the debate has lacked specific instances of what statutory minimum wages would mean for the Swedish labour market. A key feature of the Swedish industrial-relations system is that unions and employers regulate most aspects of the labour market through collective agreements. The Swedish—or rather Nordic—model has repeatedly shown its vitality, solving difficult problems...