Employee voice | Tesla gets caught up in worker rights fracas, once again

Tesla, the futuristic electric car company helmed by divisive business magnate Elon Musk, doesn’t have the best history when it comes to worker wellbeing, or policy.

Most of the claims made against the company originate from the back-and-forth battle that it upholds with workers' unions.

Back in 2019, Musk found himself in court following the firing of a worker involved in union organizing. At the same hearing, it was made public that Musk illegally threatened workers with the loss of stock options if they unionized.

In 2022, The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Tesla had once again violated workers’ rights when it told employees they couldn’t wear shirts with pro-union insignia at its factory.