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posted by martyb on Saturday June 27 2020, @01:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the taking-care-of-employees dept.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/tesla-factory-workers-who-stayed-home-due-to-covid-fears-face-termination:

Two workers, Carlos Gabriel and Jessica Naro, say that they received termination notices from Tesla last week after taking unpaid time off in an effort to avoid the coronavirus. The San Jose Mercury News first reported Gabriel's termination notice last week.

Both workers say that they were contacted this week by Tesla's HR department. Naro was given the opportunity to come back to work if she committed to a return date. She declined because her 6-year-old son has a health condition that puts him at heightened risk.

Gabriel ended his call after the Tesla rep refused to allow him to record it. He hasn't heard back since and believes he is no longer on Tesla's payroll

[...] "If you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so," Musk told employees in a May email prior to Tesla re-opening its factory.

[...] In its termination email, which Gabriel shared with the Mercury News, Tesla cited Gabriel's failure to respond to emails and voicemails inquiring when Gabriel would return to work. Gabriel said he didn't feel a need to respond because he had been told he could stay home if he felt unsafe. Gabriel and Naro told The Washington Post that they had both been in regular contact with their managers prior to the termination notices.

Tesla didn't respond to a Thursday email seeking comment for this story.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @01:24PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @01:24PM (#1013237)

    That's not really true. The money that they "print" belongs to the government. The Federal Reserve bank itself is private, but they do answer to a government appointee.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @04:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @04:49PM (#1013292)

    no, it's borrowed by the gov and the debt is owed in treasury bonds which is backed by US labor. One little problem: due to fractional reserve banking the debt keeps growing. The scum in DC know this but this is all a racket to bleed the american people dry, collapse the US and have a global plantation until they don't need us at all anymore at which time we will be exterminated. and you're funding it like a dumb fucking slave would.