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☆ Leaked Tesla pay data: How much Elon Musk's factory workers now make across the US after some got raises
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewTesla hiked pay for factory workers across the US last month. Internal documents viewed by Business Insider reveal how much the factory workers now make. Under the new pay guidelines that were announced in December and implemented on January 8, factory workers at Tesla make between $22 to $39 per hour, according to the internal documents. AdvertisementTesla divides its factory workers into seven levels, while leads are divided into two levels. The effort won't be without its challenges, as CEO Elon Musk has voiced confidence that a union isn't necessary and some Tesla workers previously told BI they'd be hard-pressed to join a union.

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☆ Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they'll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said Tesla engineers will have to sleep on the production line to build the company's next-gen EV. Tesla workers have previously said they slept on factory floors during production ramp-ups. AdvertisementElon Musk warned Tesla workers to prepare themselves for a challenging production ramp-up as he previewed plans to build a mass-market vehicle. AdvertisementIt wouldn't be the first time that Tesla workers have reportedly had to sleep on manufacturing lines to meet the company's production deadlines. Tesla workers could face a heightened form of what Musk previously dubbed as "production hell" during Tesla's 2017 Model 3 ramp-up.

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☆ UAW launches union campaigns at Tesla, 12 other automakers in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The United Auto Workers union is launching an unprecedented campaign to organize 13 non-union automakers in the U.S. after securing record contracts with the Detroit automakers. As part of the campaign workers are signing electronic cards in support of union efforts to potentially organize U.S. plants from those automakers. It is not guaranteed that the union would push to organize every plant or automaker that participates in the campaign. UAW President Shawn Fain has said the union's next mission after ratifying record contracts with General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis was to expand its ranks. Still, the UAW has a poor track record with trying to organize non-Detroit automakers.

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☆ Tesla factory workers reportedly say they're getting in shouting matches — and sometimes even fights break out
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some workers from the Texas factory told The Information that verbal fights occur at the facility on a near-daily basis — and even some physical fights have taken place, they said. Some workers told the publication that employees were taking Adderall and sleeping at the factory in order to keep up with Elon Musk's deadlines. Musk has been known to run his companies with high intensity, sometimes calling for work sprints and even sleeping on the factory floor at Tesla. Ahead of the 2017 release of the Model 3, Musk famously pushed workers at Tesla's Fremont factory through "production hell." "Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees," A Tesla representative told Insider in 2018.

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John J. Kim | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesDETROIT – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain wants to expand the union's battle from the Detroit automakers to Tesla , Toyota Motor and other non-unionized automakers operating in the U.S. The UAW has previously failed to organize foreign-based automakers in the U.S. The UAW has previously discussed organizing Tesla's Fremont plant in California with little to no traction in those efforts. "Workers at Tesla, Toyota, Honda, and others are not the enemy — they're the UAW members of the future," Fain said. UAW President Shawn Fain marches with UAW members through downtown Detroit after a rally in support of United Auto Workers members as they strike the Big Three auto makers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.

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He said the UAW's new contracts were so good they had even led to nonunion auto workers getting raises. Honda (7267.T) told Reuters it was evaluating the recent UAW deals with the Detroit Three automakers and would remain competitive. "If (Toyota workers) come calling, which they have, we're going to educate them and be there for them," Smith told Reuters. Toyota's move earlier this week to raise wages is in line with the strategy the Japanese automaker and other nonunion automakers have used to keep UAW organizers at bay. Nonunion automakers have kept hourly wages close to the UAW rates at the Detroit Three.

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☆ Some Tesla workers say they'd never work in a unionized factory, even as Ford and GM workers are set to get a major pay boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

While Elon Musk has spoken out against unions, a major Tesla factory reportedly has a UAW organizing committee that's speaking with workers. Some Tesla workers say they wouldn't join a unionized company and predicted the UAW would struggle to find footing at Tesla. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe United Auto Workers might have set its sights on Tesla, but some workers at the EV company told Insider they'd be hard-pressed to join a union. Even before the 36-day strike, Ford and GM already spent over $20 more per hour on factory workers than Tesla, according to analysts. Still, other workers told Insider they wouldn't jump ship even for a better pay package at a unionized company.

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☆ The UAW won big against Detroit automakers. Unionizing Tesla and Toyota will be tougher
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But the UAW’s ambitious plans to organize Tesla and other non-union automakers face steep odds. To grow, the UAW will need to gain a foothold at non-union automakers, which produce more than half of the cars assembled in the United States. Historically, UAW talks with the Detroit automakers have been closely watched by non-union automakers and suppliers. Anti-union companiesThe UAW will have to overcome weak protections for labor organizing in the United States and automakers’ aggressive tactics to defeat unions. It may be easier for UAW to organize Volkswagen and other European automakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz than automakers from Asia, experts say.

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☆ Musk Studied Napoleon to Take 'Battlefield' Lessons: Biographer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk has taken leadership notes from Napoleon Bonaparte, Walter Isaacson told Axios. Isaacson said Musk has likened Tesla and SpaceX factories to a "battlefield." Elon Musk has analyzed the leadership tactics of the French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte for use in his role as CEO of Tesla, Walter Isaacson told Axios. So he liked to show up late at night on the assembly lines at Tesla and SpaceX," Isaacson told Axios. The biographer said that Musk likened Tesla and SpaceX factories to "battlefields" and also liked to listen to Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcast.

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☆ 'I am a fan of Modi': Elon Musk on his friendship with Indian Prime Minister Modi
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, at the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is "incredibly excited about the future of India," adding that it has "more promise than any large country in the world." "I am a fan of Modi," Musk admitted Tuesday in a video interview published on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official YouTube page. Modi and Musk last met in 2015 when the Indian prime minister visited Tesla's Fremont Factory in California. The Indian prime minister is on his first state visit to the U.S., where he's expected to hold high-level talks with leaders and business executives on defense, technology and India's role in the Indo-Pacific.

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☆ Black ex-Tesla worker awarded $3.2 million in a racial harassment case is seeking a new trial, saying 'poisonous messaging' made proceedings unfair
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Black former Tesla worker rejected a $3.2 million payout in a racial harassment case against the firm. Owen Diaz is seeking another trial after Tesla lawyer's "poisonous messaging" tainted proceedings. A Black former Tesla contract worker who was awarded $3.2 million in damages in a racial harassment case against the company is seeking a retrial, saying that the use of "poisonous messaging" tainted the proceedings. Diaz told the court in 2021 that colleagues verbally abused him and told him to "go back to Africa," according to CNBC. These lawyers said that the $3.2 million payout is disproportionate to Diaz's compensatory damages, per Bloomberg.

A group of mostly Democratic senators pressured Tesla CEO Elon Musk to end the company's use of forced arbitration clauses in employee and customer contracts, in a letter on Monday. Forced arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have similarly obscured important details about Tesla's vehicle safety and business practices from the public, the lawmakers wrote. They asked for the same details about sexual harassment complaints from Tesla workers. However, Tesla makes and sells its cars direct to consumers so its forced arbitration clauses cover more than the norm where auto sales are concerned. Tesla uses arbitration clauses as a tactic to shunt people into a forum that's pretty rigged for the corporation."

☆ Tesla investors call for 'distracted' Elon Musk to be reined in as they worry he's 'overcommitted'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Grace Kay | Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla investors called for Elon Musk to be reined in an open letter, citing the CEO's many commitments. A group of Tesla investors is calling for Elon Musk to be reined in, saying the CEO has been distracted by commitments to his other companies like Twitter. "The Board allowed the CEO to be overcommitted at a time when the company faces critical challenges," the letter stated. Tesla and Musk didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider ahead of publication. Gerber's name is not listed on the open letter.

Companies Tesla Inc FollowMarch 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday said Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk violated federal labor law by tweeting that employees of the electric vehicle maker would lose stock options if they joined a union. Amid an organizing campaign at Tesla's Fremont, California, plant by the United Auto Workers union, Musk tweeted: "Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union ... But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?" In Friday's case, Tesla had argued that the tweet about unionizing was not a threat and merely reflected the fact that union workers at other auto companies did not receive stock options. The labor board in a separate case last year said Tesla violated labor law by prohibiting workers at the Fremont plant from wearing shirts supporting the union campaign.

In the new lawsuit, Goode claims that over the course of 2022 the white regional manager made a series of offensive comments. Goode claims that last October the manager blocked him from interviewing for a promotion that ultimately went to a white worker. Tesla company policy does not set a deadline for the reports, Goode claims. The lawsuit, which alleges violations of California and federal laws banning workplace race discrimination and retaliation, seeks damages for lost wages and benefits and emotional distress and punitive damages. Tesla has denied wrongdoing in those cases and has said the lawsuit by the California Civil Rights Department was politically motivated.

☆ The second day of Tesla's racial bias trial included testimony from a former worker who said he found feces on a factory cart
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It was part of a retrial for an ex-contractor who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Tesla. Wheeler was one of a handful of former Tesla workers that testified on Tuesday regarding their experience as Black workers at Tesla's Fremont factory. Wheeler said that the incident occurred one evening during his night shift at the factory after he took a 30-minute break. Wheeler had testified about the alleged incident in the initial trial in 2021. His complaints echo similar lawsuits from other Tesla factory workers.

[1/2] The Tesla factory is seen in Fremont, California, U.S. June 22, 2018. California state judges typically issue tentative rulings ahead of hearings, but can make changes to those rulings when issuing final decisions. If the agency did not adequately probe certain claims against Tesla before suing, the electric carmaker could seek to have them removed from the case. The agency claims that Tesla's Fremont, California, plant is a racially segregated workplace where Black employees have been harassed and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline and pay. “You don’t get to inquire into the most minute details,” Grillo said.

Companies Tesla Inc FollowMarch 14 (Reuters) - A California civil rights agency suing Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) over alleged widespread race discrimination at its flagship assembly plant must detail the investigation it conducted prior to filing the lawsuit, a judge has ruled. The tentative ruling on Monday by California Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo in Oakland could give Tesla an opportunity to narrow the lawsuit filed last year by the state Civil Rights Department. If the agency did not probe certain claims against Tesla before suing, the electric carmaker could seek to have them removed from the case. The Civil Rights Department and a Tesla representative did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Several other lawsuits are pending in California courts that accuse Tesla of tolerating discrimination and sexual harassment at its factories.

☆ Tesla reportedly laid off dozens of workers after union announcement, NLRB complaint alleges
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Kate Duffy | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla terminated dozens of employees at a site that had just announced a union campaign, an NLRB complaint alleges. Workers United claims Tesla is attempting to "discourage union activity," Bloomberg first reported. Spokespeople for Tesla and Workers United did not respond to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication. In 2017, some Tesla workers sought to unionize with the help of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), but the initiative was unsuccessful. More recently, the NLRB ruled in August that Tesla's policy that restricts workers from wearing a union insignia is "unlawful."

☆ Tesla plans to spend $3.6 billion more on battery and truck manufacturing in Nevada
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla plans to spend $3.6 billion more on expanded battery and heavy duty truck manufacturing in Nevada, the company said Tuesday on social media. It wasn't immediately clear whether Tesla's plans expand the company's manufacturing footprint beyond the property it is already developing outside of Reno in Sparks, Nevada. Tesla began construction of its first battery factory in Nevada in 2014. Joe Lombardo revealed details about Tesla's plans for expansion in the state early on Monday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a ceremony in Nevada in December to kick off deliveries of the company's Tesla Semi to a key early customer, PepsiCo .

"PIF unequivocally wanted to take Tesla private," he testified. Musk subsequently said that Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the fund, later backpedaled on the commitment to take Tesla private. "I was very upset because he had been unequivocal in his support for taking Tesla private when we met and now he appeared to be backpedaling," Musk testified. Tesla's stock price surged after Musk's tweets, and later fell as it became clear the buyout would not materialize. Musk testified calmly, in contrast to his occasional combative testimony in earlier trials.

Tesla's stock price surged after Musk's tweets, and later fell as it became clear the buyout would not happen. A jury of nine will decide whether the billionaire artificially inflated Tesla's share price by touting the buyout's prospects, and if so by how much. "It was chosen because it was a 20% premium over the stock price," he testified. Musk testified calmly, in contrast to his occasional combative testimony in earlier trials. The defendants also include current and former Tesla directors, whom Spiro said had "pure" motives in their response to Musk's plan.

A judge in Oakland, California, in a tentative ruling late Tuesday dismissed Tesla's counter-suit claiming the agency did not notify the company of the bias allegations or give it a chance to settle before suing it last February. A Tesla representative and the agency did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The agency argues that Tesla's Fremont, California, plant is a racially segregated workplace where Black employees have been harassed and discriminated against over job assignments, discipline and pay. Several lawsuits are pending in California courts that accuse Tesla of tolerating discrimination and sexual harassment at its factories. A state judge in April cut a jury award to a Black worker who alleged racial harassment from $137 million to $15 million.

☆ Elon Musk's private jet hasn't flown to SpaceX's main launch site since he bought Twitter, jet-tracker claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk's private jet hasn't flown to Starbase in almost three months, per jet-tracking data. He has flown to airports near SpaceX HQ in LA, however, and could have used its planes to fly to Starbase. Prior to Musk's Twitter acquisition, Brownsville, Texas was one of the private jet's most frequent destinations, per Sweeney's flight data. However, Musk's private jet has flown to airports near SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California since the Twitter acquisition, including Los Angeles International Airport, Sweeney's data shows. After purchasing Twitter, Musk said his workload jumped from "70 to 80 hours a week to probably 120."

☆ Tesla makes China boss Tom Zhu its highest-profile executive after Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTTom Zhu Xiaotong, Tesla's current executive in charge of China, speaks as a new Tesla experience store opens on Aug. 18, 2015 in Hangzhou, China. The move makes Zhu the highest-profile executive at Tesla after Chief Executive Elon Musk, with direct oversight for deliveries in all of its major markets and operations of its key production hubs. Under Zhu, Tesla's Shanghai plant rebounded strongly from Covid lockdowns in China. Tesla country managers in China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand continued to report to Zhu, the notice showed. Zhu, who was born in China but now holds a New Zealand passport, joined Tesla in 2014.

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