The billionaire tech industry CEO responded after Reich criticised Tesla for making its workers take a 10 percent pay cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
told staff that it would be slashing pay for all salaried employees and hourly workers were being furloughed for a month. HR executive Valerie Workman described the move as a"shared sacrificeMusk himself played down the dangers of the new virus, describing the panic around its spread as"dumb." He would go on toagainst officials in California over reluctance to reopen his plant, pledging to move operations out of state.
In May, Reich prompted a response from Musk after posting a story about the legal filing and calling the move"capitalism at its worst." The following day, the Tesla boss hit back with a short comment sent in Russian, which directly translated to"boring idiot."In a YouTube video, Reich said he didn't care about being called names. He said it was unfair of Musk to put workers in a position of choosing between job and health.
"I admire you. You are a brilliant inventor, you are a visionary, that's terrific, but you also have some public responsibilities. You have responsibilities to our workers, especially in this pandemic, do you get it?" Reich said in the video, adding:"
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