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> The Buffalo plant has over 800 Tesla Autopilot analysts with starting pay of about $19 per hour, Bloomberg wrote. The workers are reportedly "in non-engineeri

by ecf 4y ago

> The Buffalo plant has over 800 Tesla Autopilot analysts with starting pay of about $19 per hour, Bloomberg wrote. The workers are reportedly "in non-engineering roles that contribute to Tesla's automated-driving development, including by identifying objects in images its vehicles capture and helping its systems recognize them on the road." Best of luck to them but they’re in for a wake up call if they think they’re in a position of bargaining power for a job that takes maybe a day or two of training to learn.

klyrs 4y ago
Others have noted that Tesla got a big subsidy that requires them to employ a minimum number of workers. This appears to be an curious point of leverage. Tesla can't just shut it down to quash the union, like your Walmart or Starbucks.
JohnnyHerz 4y ago
If unionizing was an organic reaction to a work environment, i would be less jaded. However, in most cases, the employees don't initiate the idea of unionizing. The typical scenario involves a union organizer/s stalking the employees, often following them as they leave work in order to approach them. The union organizer is a glorified salesman promoting his product. As such, he makes it sound like being part of a union is amazing and that the employees current situation is tantamount to slave labor. Given the pressure sales pitch and one sided presentation, sheeple (employees) fall for the idea, either believing the stories that are being sold or thinking "what the heck, can't hurt anything right?." What they don't know until it's too late is how a union quickly evolves until it becomes nothing more than a way to serve a small group of union leaders so they can take advantage of a group of employees. Unions ultimately become parasites of an organization and will eventually hasten it's demise. Why have unions become so scarce (outside of government orgs)? Could it be because they end up putting their employer out of business? Are there examples of unions that are positive and contributing factors to a company's success? They are few and far between.

by ecf 4y ago

klyrs 4y ago

Others have noted that Tesla got a big subsidy that requires them to employ a minimum number of workers. This appears to be an curious point of leverage. Tesla can't just shut it down to quash the union, like your Walmart or Starbucks.

JohnnyHerz 4y ago

If unionizing was an organic reaction to a work environment, i would be less jaded. However, in most cases, the employees don't initiate the idea of unionizing. The typical scenario involves a union organizer/s stalking the employees, often following them as they leave work in order to approach them. The union organizer is a glorified salesman promoting his product. As such, he makes it sound like being part of a union is amazing and that the employees current situation is tantamount to slave labor. Given the pressure sales pitch and one sided presentation, sheeple (employees) fall for the idea, either believing the stories that are being sold or thinking "what the heck, can't hurt anything right?." What they don't know until it's too late is how a union quickly evolves until it becomes nothing more than a way to serve a small group of union leaders so they can take advantage of a group of employees. Unions ultimately become parasites of an organization and will eventually hasten it's demise. Why have unions become so scarce (outside of government orgs)? Could it be because they end up putting their employer out of business? Are there examples of unions that are positive and contributing factors to a company's success? They are few and far between.