As “false allegations,” Tesla has refuted claims that it fired workers in reaction to a fresh union drive. Tesla provided its perspective on the situation in a blog post on its website, which is considerably different from what has been reported in the media.
Technology News informs that some of the employees fired from Tesla’s facility in Buffalo, New York, were previously involved in a unionization attempt, according to the Workers United union’s complaint, which was submitted earlier this week to the US National Labor Relations Board. According to the lawsuit, the employees were let go precisely because of their participation in the union effort. In its blog post, Tesla firmly refuted these assertions and provided “the facts surrounding the situation.” According to the organization, performance reviews are conducted every six months, and each cycle gives employees a performance rating from 1 to 5 that “helps them align their work with the requirements of their employment.”
“In the worst situation, if employees don’t perform up to par, they risk being fired. In retrospect, we discovered that one of the 27 affected workers had formally joined the union movement. This exercise came before any union drive, “The evaluation process, according to Tesla, is not restricted to Buffalo and occurs all over the world, including in North America, Europe, and China. The corporation claims that it first became aware of organizational actions roughly ten days after they started.
