Tesla’s electric cars will not be allowed on or off the car carriers in the four Swedish terminals in Malmö, Södertälje, Gothenburg and Trelleborg.

This occurs after the Swedish Transport Association, Transport, initiated a blockade of Tesla in the four ports on Nov. 7 due to a dispute over a collective bargaining agreement in Sweden.

Now, the union is threatening to extend the shipment blockade to all Swedish ports from Nov.17 if a solution is not found before then.

”There will be a complete blockade of Tesla cars in all Swedish ports. We have received signals that Tesla cars are planned for other Swedish ports, and we are now closing that option completely. Of course, we have further plans for countermeasures to get Tesla to sign a collective agreement,” says Tommy Wreeth, head of the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union, in a statement.

The shipping blockades in the Swedish ports are a sympathy action in support of trade union IF Metal, which for several years has demanded that Tesla enter into a collective agreement in Sweden, which Tesla has refused, according to the unions.

”IF Metall has asked for Transport’s support, so it is natural for us to support them and stand behind the Swedish labor market model,” the statement reads.

Other work at the port will not be affected by the blockade against Tesla, according to the statement.

Tesla produces electric cars and is owned by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

(Translated using DeepL with additional editing by Katrine Gøthler)