It's partially true, but IF Metall is not the ones at fault. All Tesla has to do is to play by the same rules as every other car manufacturer. It's that simple. But Tesla refuse, they don't wanna pay their workers so IF Metall closed down the factories, physically blocking the entrance, it's been going on for over a year now. Elon thinks he can win, but IF Metall has over 300,000 members, for them to pay the Tesla workers to not go to work is a piss in the ocean, even if it takes 500 years to resolve. This is what happens when unions actually represent the workers, and Elon is big mad because of it.