![]() ![]() That image has been tarnished by former presidents Gary Jones and Dennis Williams, who are serving prison sentences for embezzling millions of dollars in union funds. When Walter Reuther was the president of UAW, it was regarded as a clean organization for decades. The article discussed the crookedness of politicians and labor-union corruption both being greeted with a yawn and the attitude of “What else is new?” Like seriously go look at how many UAW leaders have gone to jail for stealing the union due money that was supposedly going to go to helping workersĮarlier today, The Washington Post shared an opinion piece on the corruption that is threatening Detroit’s comeback story. That’s why UAW can’t even get people to attend a free BBQ, let alone enough sigs for a vote.” UAW Corruption They haven’t forgotten UAW betrayed them. Tesla arrived & gave people back their jobs. “I’ve never stopped a union vote nor removed a union. Though, he did get dinged by the National Labor Relations Board for discouraging unionization with that tweet.Įlon also pointed to a now-deleted tweet by Parker Malloy that he never stopped a union vote. That’s a choice for company workers to make. 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.” Īgain, Elon pointed out that the decision to unionize or not is out of his hands. “Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Someone else replied that yellow lines are fine, but what about unions? And Elon said: These are both demonstrably false, but were reported as ‘facts’ by Reveal.” Report about forklifts not beeping is also bs. “Tesla factory literally has miles of painted yellow lines & tape. When asked about hating the color yellow, which was a claim made by the report, Elon clarified: ![]() In a report by Reveal, it was falsely claimed that Tesla didn’t have any yellow safety lines on the factor floor. Only known union person fired was a guy who repeatedly threatened non-union supporters verbally & on social media & lied about it.” “About 2% of Tesla, incl salaried & hourly, union & non-union were let go in annual review. Joe replied with an article detailing UAW accusations that Tesla fired workers who wanted to unionize. ![]() In fact, Elon and other Tesla execs are not legally allowed to interfere with employees creating a union. ![]() It’s not up to Elon whether Tesla employees form a union or not. This is a key thing that many critics seem to miss. “They can form a union whenever they want & there’s nothing I can do to stop them. Joe Marshal asked Elon when he would allow workers to form a union, to which Elon replied, In 2018, Elon Musk shared his thoughts about unions in various replies to tweets accusing him of being anti-union. Elon Musk’s Tweets About Tesla Employees Unionizing It was less than a month earlier that the Tesla–union controversy seemed to arise. Many seem to think that Tesla treats its employees rather harshly, but this seems like quite a compelling pitch. Also included are free drinks and snacks. Elon pointed out that Tesla has always provided healthcare, hourly wages that are higher than union rates, and even Tesla stock. In 2018, Elon responded to someone on Twitter who asked what the benefits of working for Tesla are. Nobody wants UAW, so UAW keeps trashing Tesla & me via 3rd parties. Top ten hourly workers cumulatively received Tesla stock now worth $1M to $2M. We’ve always provided healthcare, hourly wages above union & Tesla stock. Today, Tesla is still being punished for myths and propaganda on this topic, and FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is still being spread about Elon Musk’s actions related to it. We’ll get to that and other union-related actions and tweets in this article to provide much more context to this overarching discussion, a discussion that’s typically oversimplified with one or two broad claims. Controversy regarding Tesla and unionization started in 2018 when the UAW (the United Auto Workers union) claimed that Tesla fired a worker for trying to set up a union. ![]()
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