In the 1990s, the KPÖ had all but disappeared. Today, the party holds the mayor’s office in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city, and has delegates in the city councils of Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.
Essentially, the conflict has reached a stalemate. Tesla doesn’t seem hurt enough to give in, and IF Metall has the means to carry on. Among some of the strikers, this causes frustration.