Yohann Aucante, researcher: 'If Swedish unions, among the wealthiest, most powerful and most legitimate, cannot make Tesla yield, who can?'
- Posted on September 17, 2025
- By Le Monde
- 5 Views

Yohann Aucante, researcher: 'If Swedish unions, among the wealthiest, most powerful and most legitimate, cannot make Tesla yield, who can?'

OP-ED. In an op-ed for Le Monde, Yohann Aucante reflects on the 600-day strike led by Sweden's IF Metall union against the American automaker. In his view, this exceptionally large-scale labor action exposes some of the paradoxes of the automotive sector's shift to electric vehicles, a transition that sometimes comes at the expense of workers' rights.