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On April 26, a US labor judge ruled that Tesla had violated national labour laws by suppressing employees at its Orlando, Florida, service centre from discussing pay and raising grievances about working conditions, The Verge reports.
The decision follows the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Tesla of instructing its employees to refrain from discussing the hiring, suspension, and termination of employees last year.
Tesla has reportedly been ordered by the judge to cease and desist from continuing to violate labour law. An email from NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado to The Verge stated that Tesla must post multi-lingual notices of the ruling around the Orlando facility in areas where it would normally post notices.
The company will also have to post the ruling out to all current employees at the facility and former workers who were actively employed there on or after December 13, 2021.
In 2021 some employees were silenced when seeking answers about why new hires were being paid more than them. They were also illegally ordered by their supervisors to only follow the chain of command, so prohibiting them from complaining about anything to higher management.
The situation reportedly reached its inflection point in January 2022, when one Orlando technician was suspended by their supervisors a day after emailing and scheduling a meeting with Tesla’s VP of sales, service and delivery to discuss their concerns.
A supervisor subsequently claimed the technician was threatening violence, an accusation the technician denied.
Tesla has had several previous clashes with the NLRB. In 2019, it was found to have illegally retaliated against pro-union employees. A situation exacerbated by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who tweeted anti-union sentiment in 2018.
The NLRB also ruled that Tesla had unlawfully restricted union swag. In addition, it is currently assessing complaints that Tesla fired two California employees over discussing working conditions as well as allegations that the automotive company busted an attempt by Buffalo employees to unionise, under the guise of layoffs.
Source: The Verge
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On April 26, a US labor judge ruled that Tesla had violated national labour laws by suppressing employees at its Orlando, Florida, service centre from discussing pay and raising grievances about working conditions, The Verge reports.
The decision follows the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Tesla of instructing its employees to refrain from discussing the hiring, suspension, and termination of employees last year.
Tesla has reportedly been ordered by the judge to cease and desist from continuing to violate labour law. An email from NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado to The Verge stated that Tesla must post multi-lingual notices of the ruling around the Orlando facility in areas where it would normally post notices.
The company will also have to post the ruling out to all current employees at the facility and former workers who were actively employed there on or after December 13, 2021.
In 2021 some employees were silenced when seeking answers about why new hires were being paid more than them. They were also illegally ordered by their supervisors to only follow the chain of command, so prohibiting them from complaining about anything to higher management.
The situation reportedly reached its inflection point in January 2022, when one Orlando technician was suspended by their supervisors a day after emailing and scheduling a meeting with Tesla’s VP of sales, service and delivery to discuss their concerns.
A supervisor subsequently claimed the technician was threatening violence, an accusation the technician denied.
Tesla has had several previous clashes with the NLRB. In 2019, it was found to have illegally retaliated against pro-union employees. A situation exacerbated by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who tweeted anti-union sentiment in 2018.
The NLRB also ruled that Tesla had unlawfully restricted union swag. In addition, it is currently assessing complaints that Tesla fired two California employees over discussing working conditions as well as allegations that the automotive company busted an attempt by Buffalo employees to unionise, under the guise of layoffs.
Source: The Verge
(Links via original reporting)