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Tesla Factory Workers Pushing For a Union Send Letter of Requests To Company's Board Members (phys.org)
One of the many challenges facing Tesla right now is the escalating worker complaints about pay and safety. At its California factory, a move to unionize is gaining steam. Workers recently sent a letter to Tesla's independent board members requesting access to the automaker's safety plan as well as clarity on compensation and a promise of no retaliation against employees as they try to form a union. From a report via Phys.Org: The United Auto Workers is in the process of trying to unionize the 10,000 Tesla workers at the Fremont plant, alleging the company has a poor safety record -- a charge it vehemently denies.
"We're tired of suffering preventable injury after preventable injury. It impacts morale, it slows down production and it's of course traumatizing," said Michael Catura, a Tesla production worker who signed the letter. Starting pay for production associates in the Fremont facility is $18 an hour, far below the national average for auto workers of $25.58 and even farther below the living wage in Alameda County, California, where the average wage is $28.10, according to the letter sent by workers. In addition, the letter said the paths to promotion are not clear. "Many of us have worked for years with the vague promise of a raise, with nothing to show for it," said Richard Ortiz, who works in the paint shop. "We have no idea what the criteria is to move forward, and no idea of what defines success. We've raised these issues repeatedly, and have gotten no response," he added.
So you are saying he is just like you?
He refuted your point. Completely refuted it.
You claimed that Musk demands work from people. Apparently a slave owner in your view.
Hyperbole isnt a point no matter how much you exaggerate. Instead, its dishonest shit from someone thats got nothing else but dishonest shit.
"His name was James Damore."
"They" being the union, of course.
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Why on earth do you think that Tesla Motors' target is anything _other_ than zero?
Because that leftist dipshit doesnt realize that he is suggesting that the evil Elon Musk will suicidally work on his own dangerous assembly line.
No... their thinking and arguments dont make sense when you put their long string of claims together. its because they dont actually know what they are talking about. They just feel what they are talking about.
"His name was James Damore."
Anti-union dumbfuckery. Unions weren't responsible for the management decisions that drove the big three into the ground - unreliable gas guzzlers when gas prices were at all time highs - management was.