The district court gave Postnord three days to comment on the matter.
The electric car manufacturer Tesla experienced a setback today in its labor market dispute with the Swedish ay shop. The postal company Postnord can still refuse to deliver license plates to Tesla, at least temporarily, because the district court in Solna postponed its ruling on the dispute.
The district court decided to give Postnord three days to comment on the matter before the actual court decision.
Transportation of Tesla license plates has been interrupted due to the support strike of Postnord’s Postinjajaji and other union workers. The reason behind the subsidy strikes against Tesla is that Tesla has refused to sign a collective agreement with IF Metall.
– Even though it is about several license plates that are not delivered, overall it was assessed that the case is not so urgent that a solution would be made without consulting Postnord, said judge Patrik Alm.
Alm estimates that the Solna district court will make a new decision on the dispute next week.
The employer, i.e. Postnord, considers that the support strike is correct from a legal point of view.
– We believe that the constitutionally protected right to strike in the form of government is so strong that it exceeds our distribution obligation, i.e. our social mission. It’s force majeure, argued Postnord’s press manager Anders Porelius.
However, Tesla disagrees, and the electric car giant filed a lawsuit against the postal company on Monday.
Tesla also sued the Swedish Transport Administration
Tesla has also sued the Swedish Transport Board (Transportstyrelsen) due to the Postnord strike. According to the car company, the authority is not fulfilling its task of delivering the license plates.
The Norrköping district court decided yesterday that the authority is still obliged to hand over the license plates. The authority has only seven days to change its current contract with license plate manufacturer Scandinavian motorcenter.
The idea is that Tesla owners should be able to pick up the signs directly from the manufacturer. However, it is not yet known how this would work in practice.
– We don’t want license plates to end up in the wrong hands. We are careful that the signs go where they are supposed to, says Anna Berggrund from Kuljetushallitus.