{"id":18334,"date":"2022-03-03T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/elon-musk-invites-uaw-to-hold-unionization-vote-at-tesla\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T07:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:03:24","slug":"elon-musk-invites-uaw-to-hold-unionization-vote-at-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/elon-musk-invites-uaw-to-hold-unionization-vote-at-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk invites UAW to hold unionization vote at Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cOur real challenge is Bay Area has negative unemployment, so if we don\u2019t treat and compensate our (awesome) people well, they have many other offers and will just leave!\u201d Musk wrote<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019d like hereby to invite UAW to hold a union vote at their convenience. Tesla will do nothing to stop them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk\u2019s tweets Wednesday night were in response to an initial tweet from Gene Simmons, co-founder<\/a> of the band KISS, who said Tesla\u2019s efforts should have been recognized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unlike those of U.S. competitors such as General Motors and Ford, Tesla\u2019s production facilities are not unionized, and UAW efforts to organize the workforce have not been successful. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The UAW did not immediately provide a comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk\u2019s statement was particularly notable because the National Labor Relations Board has found that Tesla violated labor law in the past, ordering the company to give a fired worker his job back and demanding that Musk delete a tweet discouraging unionization. Most of the initial ruling<\/a> was upheld in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An administrative law judge found in 2019 that Tesla violated labor law when it interrogated workers over suspected unionization efforts, appeared to threaten <\/b>workers with loss of their stock if they unionized and unlawfully fired one and disciplined another over protected union-related activity. Tesla was found to have introduced rules requiring permission to distribute union pamphlets and related literature, actions that were named as part of a series of violations of the Labor Relations Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tesla, meanwhile, also prohibited employees from communicating with media outlets, which went against their right to speak \u201cconcerning labor disputes and terms and conditions of employment,\u201d the board found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk had been ordered to delete a tweet reading: \u201cNothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tmrw if they wanted. But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing? Our safety record is 2X better than when plant was UAW & everybody already gets healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The tweet was still up<\/a> as of early Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tesla has faced lawsuits alleging racist treatment, discrimination and sexual harassment at its facilities. California\u2019s workplace regulator sued the automaker in February alleging pervasive racial discrimination and harassment at its factory, after saying it had received complaints from hundreds of workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tesla has said its efforts to improve its workplace are a work in progress, and the company has sought to have some of the complaints deliberated outside of court because of mandatory arbitration agreements governing workplace disputes. The company responded to the California racial harassment lawsuit saying that it \u201cstrongly opposes all forms of discrimination and harassment\u201d and that it \u201ccontinues to seek to provide a workplace that is safe, respectful, fair, and inclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n