Tesla implements oversight to stop sub-sub-contract workers from being treated like shit - Polidicks

This is in response to an [URL="http://extras.mercurynews.com/silicon-valley-imported-labor/"]article[/URL] that brought up an issue of foreign workers being brought into the US and being paid only $5 an hour. Musk was [URL="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/732066441554362368"]alerted to it on Twitter[/URL] and said he would investigate it and make it right. [QUOTE]At Tesla, we aspire to operate on the principles of hard work and exceptional performance, but always tempered by fairness, justice and kindness. There are times when mistakes are made, but those are the standards to which we hold ourselves. With respect to the person at the center of this weekend’s article in the Mercury News, those standards were not met. We are taking action to address this individual's situation and to put in place additional oversight to ensure that our workplace rules are followed even by sub-subcontractors to prevent such a thing from happening again. ... The article describes how Mr. Lesnik came to this country, the conditions under which Vuzem employed him and others to do their work, and how Mr. Lesnik ended up being injured while on the job. Assuming the article is correct, we need to do right by Mr. Lesnik and his colleagues from Vuzem. This is not a legal issue, it is a moral issue. As far as the law goes, Tesla did everything correctly. We hired a contractor to do a turnkey project at our factory and, as we always do in these situations, contractually obligated our contractor to comply with all laws in bringing in the resources they felt were needed to do the job. Regarding the accident that resulted in Mr. Lesnik being injured, Cal/OSHA (the government regulator that investigates workplace accidents like these) came to our factory, investigated the incident and found that Tesla was not responsible. When Mr. Lesnik brought a workers compensation case, Tesla was dismissed from the case because the judge concluded that we had no legal responsibility for what occurred. All of that is fine legally, but there is a larger point. Morally, we need to give Mr. Lesnik the benefit of the doubt and we need to take care of him. We will make sure this happens. We do not condone people coming to work at a Tesla facility, whether they work for us, one of our contractors or even a sub-subcontractor, under the circumstances described in the article. If Mr. Lesnik or his colleagues were really being paid $5 an hour, that is totally unacceptable. Tesla is one of the highest paying hourly employers in the US automotive industry. We do this out of choice, because we think it is right. Nobody is making us do so. [/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/response-mercury-news-article-hidden-workforce-expanding-teslas-factory"]Source[/URL]

Holy shit, this is the kind of garbage I'd be expecting from Foxconn and other Asian manufactures. Not some European sub contractors.

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;50332469]Holy shit, this is the kind of garbage I'd be expecting from Foxconn and other Asian manufactures. Not some European sub contractors.[/QUOTE] this is what you can expect from any political climate that isn't closely regulating workers' rights

I like tesla a ton more right now

Still not gonna make me want one of their cars, but good on 'em. Maybe they'll set an example that'll stimulate a wave of reforms for [i]all[/i] workers in the US.

That's very responsible for a company

[QUOTE=bitches;50332504]this is what you can expect from any political climate that isn't closely regulating workers' rights[/QUOTE] No way man. Regulations are just a LIEberal conspiracy to reduce my mad profits. Stop with the propaganda

Great way to put us on the map. Thanks ISM Vuzem. Can't wait for the inevitable shitstorm once our media finds out about this.

[QUOTE=Anti Christ;50332982]No way man. Regulations are just a LIEberal conspiracy to reduce my mad profits. Stop with the propaganda[/QUOTE] You joke, but one of my bosses literally things the EPA is just a government organization that's out to strong-arm him out of business. (HVAC, EPA has certain guidelines that the old fart doesn't agree with)

Elon Musk: Doing the right thing since always.