The billionaire entrepreneur doesn’t seem to be moving ahead with his invitation to let the union arrange a membership vote at Tesla’s California plant.
UAW International’s Raymond Curry, speaking at a briefing hosted by the Automotive Press Association in Detroit today, said the union was aware of Musk’sat the Fremont, California, plant but that there’s been no follow-up from the company. Tesla’s legal challenge to a finding by the National Labor Relations Board that Tesla violated U.S.
That looks unlikely for now. Musk made his strongest public comments about the labor group Tuesday in response to a story about anposted by a Tesla fan. “UAW slogan—“Fighting for the right to embezzle money from auto workers!” he tweeted. “The UAW stole millions from workers, whereas Tesla has made many workers millionaires . Subtle, but important difference.”
United Auto Workers President Ray Curry talks with Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, at the site of new Ford plant in Memphis.Curry, who didn’t directly comment on the contents of Musk’s latest tweets, said UAW auditors discovered the misappropriation of funds by Timothy Edmunds, a former official at a Detroit-area union local, and turned the information over to federal investigators.
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