Tesla is the leading manufacturer of electric cars in the world.
In 2021, Tesla had worldwide revenue of more than $53.8 billion.
In 2022, Tesla registered more than 1.3 million units sold worldwide.
Tesla is the most recognized electric car companyand is currently facing a attempted unionization by its workers at the Buffalo, United States, plant to emerge victorious this would be Tesla’s first union.
The company was founded in 2003, and is focused on the development, creation and production of electric cars, 20 years later, Tesla is the leading manufacturer of electric vehiclesAccording to a study conducted by Inside EVshe number of cars sold in 2021 it was of more than 936 billion pure electric cars (BEV) Worldwide; followed by Volkswagen Group with more than 757 billion units soldwhile third place is occupied by Chinese group SAIC with more than 683 billion cars sold; other companies within this study are Hyundai-Kia, BMW, Mercedes Benz and Volvo, all with more than 189 billion electric cars sold.
Tesla workers close to creating the company’s first union
This February 14 it has been announced that a group of Tesla workers in New YorkBuffalo, has started the process to create a union, this despite the resistance on the part of the founder Elon Musk and the same company; employees to achieve their goal have the help of the union workers unitedthis union is currently also leading the unionization efforts of companies such as Starbucks, Canada Goose and Lush Cosmetics.
The company employees who have started the union creation process they belong to Gigafactory 2, it is a team of 800 analysts working on Tesla’s Autopilot software; the workers demand a salary increase, as well as job securitythis before the latest actions of Tesla, since in 2022, the company fired more than 200 workers from its plant in California.
In addition to these requests, the workers have called for a reduction in productivity pressure of the company, since they declare that it negatively affects their well-being; Gigafactory 2 employees have claimed that Tesla You keep a computer and keyboard monitor to monitor and time your tasks, which reduces your quality of life during work.
This is not the first time that Elon Musk has found himself in trouble for trying to prevent the unionization of his employees, as the employer in 2017 accused the United Auto Workers (UAW) union organization of planting someone at the Fremont factory of Tesla to “agitate for a union.”
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