Tesla CEO Elon Musk has accused one of his employees of being a union agitator working on behalf of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW):
Earlier today, a Tesla employee wrote a post on Medium alleging that he and fellow Tesla employees at the company's Fremont, California manufacturing facility endure "excessive mandatory overtime," lower-than-average pay, and frequent injuries. Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the claims in a series of private Twitter messages to Gizmodo by calling the employee, who wrote under the name Jose Moran, a pro-union agitator working on behalf of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW).
"Our understanding is that this guy was paid by the UAW to join Tesla and agitate for a union," Musk says. The Tesla chief goes on to call Moran an employee of UAW, working on behalf of the union and not Tesla. When asked about his stance on unions, Musk describes Tesla as a "union neutral" company.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that Tesla has paused production at its California assembly plant to prepare for the production of the company's long-awaited Model 3 sedan.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Saturday February 11 2017, @12:19AM
It's not that bizarre: One of the classic anti-unionization tactics is to create a "company union", which looks like a union but was created by the company, and management has certain controls over, as a way of keeping the workers from thinking about getting a real union.
As for the VW unionization campaign, the governor in question is very clear about why he's opposing the effort even if VW isn't: If VW unionizes, workers in other auto plants might start getting ideas.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 11 2017, @05:04AM
It's not that bizarre: One of the classic anti-unionization tactics is to create a "company union", which looks like a union but was created by the company, and management has certain controls over, as a way of keeping the workers from thinking about getting a real union.
Except that doesn't fit the mold here. The anti-union was constantly complaining about VW freezing them out and favoring the UAW.