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Speaking during Tesla's earnings call on Wednesday, Musk said he needs his teams of manufacturers and engineers to live and sleep at the Texas Gigafactory so any...

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I am amazed they haven't unionized.

[–] balancedchaos@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Money goes a long way in keeping unions out. Ask Bezos.

[–] Sunforged@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Support the union drive at Amazon KCVG airhub! The airhub is a choke point and would be a huge win, as well as encourage other warehouses to unionize.

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Can't unionize if you never go home or get breaks

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 12 points 2 years ago

Elon milk on people's passion so much they don't think union is required.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago

Why do you think he moved to a state with lower worker protections and higher union busting

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unions won't necessarily fix this.

People literally sleep sand bathe at Kellogg plants and they're not only unionized but successfully pulled off a long strike recently.

That said they should absolutely unionize, if they're going to get fucked they might as well elect some lube.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not unions that fix this problem, it's mobs with pitchforks

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Don't tease me with a good time