Elon Musk decries strikes as Swedish workers take on Tesla

Factories, dockers, postal workers and mechanics refuse to handle Tesla goods in fight to protect Swedish labour model

Elon Musk has decried a wave of insane" strikes focused on Tesla factories in Sweden, as workers target the US electric car manufacturer in a strike calling for collective bargaining rights.

In what has been portrayed as the largest fight to save Sweden's union model from global labour practices in decades, the powerful trade union IF Metall has been leading a strike across eight Tesla workplaces in Sweden for five weeks.