NEWS: Tesla has won its nearly three-year fight with Sweden's IF Metall. After 1,021 days, the union is ending all strike action against Tesla in Sweden, effective August 19. Tesla never signed a collective agreement, so it outlasted the strike without giving in. The union says it is stopping because there are no strikers left. It says Tesla "bought out" all of its striking members, leaving the strike with no effect. IF Metall also accused Tesla of strikebreaking, while Tesla has long said its Swedish workers already get pay and benefits as good as a union deal and that it rejects collective agreements on principle. Union chair Marie Nilsson still called the strikers "union heroes" and said IF Metall stays "prepared to take up the fight." Source: IF Metall statement, August 2026