Musk and Social Media Struggling with Twitter Takeover
Things are wild over at Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform.
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Tesla Swears It’s a Fair Employer—Yet It’s Trying to Dodge a Law That Protects Workers
Since 2013, Tesla has fought unfair-labor-practice complaints from the NLRB, insisting it’s not a union buster and that it maintains a safe factory. However, just a week before the company went in front of a judge to face some of these accusations, Tesla petitioned the state of California to get around a new labor regulation that …
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Tesla expands worker injury list 1 week after Elon Musk criticizes media for reporting on it
Tesla has expanded its list of worker injuries following a report published in Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, which flagged under-counting and safety problems at the company’s Fremont, California facility last month. The move also comes one week after CEO and founder Elon Musk blasted the media for reporting on the discrepancies and threatened to start a …
Production Over Safety at Tesla: “People are getting hurt every day”
Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX and Tesla is a seriously strange and driven guy. That can be a good thing in some circumstances and even amusing if it’s your next door neighbor or crazy uncle. But when you own a major car company, it can mean workers getting hurt or killed. Last May we wrote …
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Tesla Workers Say Elon Musk is a Union Buster. The NLRB Just Gave Their Case a Boost.
Tesla factory workers have been trying for months to win restitution for the company’s alleged union-busting and harassment. Now, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint against the company appears to be making strides. Last August, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla after finding merit in a number of accusations from employees at its …
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The Blue-Collar Hellscape of the Startup Industry
On November 13, Marcus Vaughn filed a class-action lawsuit against his former employer. Vaughn, who’d worked in the Fremont, California factory for electric automaker Tesla, alleged that the manufacturing plant had become a “hotbed for racist behavior.” Employees and supervisors, he asserted, had routinely lobbed racial epithets at him and his fellow Black colleagues. Vaughn …
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Elon Musk May Be a “Visionary,” But His Vision Doesn’t Seem To Include Unions
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been making more headlines than usual lately. Shortly after the business magnate claimed he had received governmental approval to build a hyperloop from New York to Washington, D.C., he got into a public argument with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the future of artificial intelligence. Musk also recently made comments regarding the production of …
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