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The Twitter wars proceed for Elon Musk, because the world’s richest man entangled himself this weekin a surreal Twitter thread that includes Kiss co-lead singer Gene Simmons.
The change began after Musk replied to a tweet from President Biden’s account on March 1, which touted the contributions of Tesla’s opponents however left the electrical carmaker out.
Musk has repeatedly complained that the administration has ignored Tesla’s work, together with by excluding him from a automotive exec meet-up on the White Home.
Simmons complimented the Tesla crew as “recreation changers” however speculated that they have been omitted from Biden’s shoutout as a result of “Tesla is non-union and moved to Texas.”
“Truly,” Musk retorted, “we nonetheless function our California manufacturing facility, which is the biggest auto plant in North America.” He went on to boast of Tesla’s aggressive compensation packages, which he claimed are the best within the business.
“I’d like hereby to ask [United Auto Workers] to carry a union vote at their comfort. Tesla will do nothing to cease them.”
In current months, the carmaker’s plant in Fremont, California, has confronted wave after wave of unhealthy press.
One former employee, Owen Diaz, was awarded an infinite $137 million judgment in October after a jury discovered that he skilled racist remedy from his supervisors.
“The jury knew that this isn't only for me; this verdict is for everyone that works at Tesla. That is their approach of placing Elon Musk on discover,” he instructed The Every day Beast on the time.
Quickly after, one other former employee sued the corporate, claiming she suffered from PTSD on account of mistreatment on the manufacturing facility.
The worker, Jessica Barraza, mentioned the plant had the tradition of a “frat home” and that coworkers would make suggestive feedback about her look and rub towards her physique.
Then, this 12 months, California regulators sued Tesla over allegations of harassment and discrimination.
The pinnacle of the state’s Division of Honest Employment and Housing mentioned it had acquired lots of of complaints from staff and in the end concluded that “Tesla’s Fremont manufacturing facility is a racially segregated office the place Black staff are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated towards in job assignments, self-discipline, pay, and promotion.”
Tesla printed a weblog calling the lawsuit “misguided,” saying the corporate had “not too long ago rolled out a further coaching program that reinforces Tesla’s requirement that each one workers should deal with one another with respect.”
No matter turns into of the case, the scrutiny is unlikely to abate.