A Union Campaign Has Been Launched By Tesla Workers In New York

There is no doubt that the status of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) in New York is set to be uncertain in the near future. Its workers on Tuesday announced that they would be launching a union campaign to organize their ranks, launching the latest labor challenge for chief executive Elon Musk.

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There was an announcement in a letter from Tesla employees that they would unionize with the Workers United Upstate New York union in a letter to Tesla management.

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There is a good chance that if this union is formed, it would be the first union for Tesla, a company that, unlike some other major car companies, has managed to avoid unionization at its U.S. facilities until now.

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Throughout the years, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has manifested his opposition to unions in public and it has been his fate to face the ire of the Despite his protest against unions, Musk has had to deal with the ire of the NLRB after they instructed him in 2018 to delete a tweet stating that if employees voted for a union, they would lose their stock options.

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A press release sent out by the workers said in a statement on Tuesday that they believed unionizing would grant them a voice in their workplace that they felt they had been denied up until this point. In order to earn a seat in the car, which we helped build, we only need to ask for a small amount of money."

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Earlier in the day, Trade Algo reported a letter containing Employees' request that Tesla respects their right to form unions. They also called on Tesla to sign the Fair Election Principles, an agreement that would help ensure that all shareholders are treated equally.

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There are a number of fundamental rights that employees feel are protected under this unionization law, and the Unionization Law would prevent Tesla from retaliating or threatening workers who want to organize a union.

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According to Trade Algo, Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the news agency.