UAW president reveals he hasn't spoken to Elon Musk about Tesla's potential union vote yet

United Auto Workers president Ray Curry recently revealed that he has yet to speak to Elon Musk about the possibility of Tesla holding a union vote. The idea of ​​a possible federalization of Tesla came earlier this month when Musk invited UAVs to vote at the company’s California plant.

“I haven’t actually spoken to Mr. Musk or any Tesla representative,” Curry said Tuesday, speaking in a roundtable discussion with the Automotive Press Association. Curry covered a range of topics during his discussion, including how the electric vehicle transition will affect the UAW in the near future.

Curry also said that if Elon Musk is serious about Tesla’s potential unionization, the company should re-hire a union worker who was terminated in the past, and attempt to reverse a decision. It should also be closed that it has violated labor laws. Such actions, according to the UAW president, would be an “effort of good faith” on Tesla’s part. It will also “demonstrate the commitment to the facility’s workers” at Tesla’s Fremont factory in California.

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that the automaker violated labor laws when it terminated the employment of union activist Richard Ortiz, who was part of an organizing campaign called “Fair Future at Tesla.” The NLRB also took issue with a 2018 tweet from Elon Musk, which said that no one can bar Tesla employees from voting union will result in workers giving up their stock options. The NLRB ordered Musk to delete his offensive tweet and reappoint Ortiz, but the automaker is appealing the administrative court’s decision.

While Musk’s stance on UAWs has been known for some time, the CEO extended an olive branch to the union earlier this month. Responding to KISS member Gene Simmons, who was urging US President Joe Biden to recognize Tesla workers despite being non-union, Musk invited the UAW to hold a union vote at the Fremont factory. Musk also assured the UAW that Tesla would do nothing to stop their efforts. “I hereby wish to invite the UAW to hold a union vote at their convenience. Tesla will do nothing to stop them,” Musk wrote.

Despite Musk’s open invitation, the CEO recently took aim at the UAW when Timothy Edmonds, a former union official at the suburban Detroit branch of United Auto Workers, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and money laundering. Prosecutors, who noted that Edmonds gambled money and spent some money on guns, cars and child-support payments, highlighting that the defendant is the 17th defendant to be convicted in an ongoing criminal investigation into corruption within the UAW. has been ordained.

In response to the news, Elon Musk noted on Twitter that the UAW should change its slogan. “UAW’s slogan – “Fighting for the right to embezzle money from auto workers!” Musk wrote, later add That “UAWs have stolen millions from workers, while Tesla has made many workers millionaires (via stock grants). Subtle, but important difference.”

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UAW president reveals he hasn’t spoken to Elon Musk about Tesla’s potential union vote yet






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