“It’s pretty shady,” said one worker who was called in to fix paint on new cars.
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Posted inBehind the Smiles
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Amazon: Behind the Smiles
Shop. Click. The next day, your purchase is on your doorstep. Amazon changed the face of shopping, but at a surprisingly high cost to its workers.
Posted inImpact, Insult to Injury, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Tesla fired safety official for reporting unsafe conditions, lawsuit says
A former Tesla safety director’s suit says he was fired for reporting unsafe working conditions such as chemical exposures and fires at the company.
Posted inInsult to Injury, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights
Musk claims Tesla’s safety record is better than average, despite data
Elon Musk claims: “Tesla factory safety has improved every safety has improved every year & is now better than industry avg.” But that’s not true.
Posted inInequality, Insult to Injury, Worked Over
Tesla belatedly adds injuries to its books, but it might not face penalties
The electric car company added 13 injuries from 2017 that had been missing when it certified its legally mandated injury report earlier this year.
Posted inInsult to Injury, Techsploitation, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Severely injured worker sues Tesla: ‘I’m not who I used to be’
Son Nguyen is suing Tesla after he was burned on the job. “I remember waking up after surgery … I was just terrified. I thought I was dead.”
Posted inInsult to Injury, Workers’ Rights
Tesla fan: Autopilot glitches brought peril to road trip
A fan of the electric carmaker who drove his car across the country says he almost crashed a dozen times while driving on autopilot.
Posted inImpact, Inequality, Insult to Injury, Techsploitation, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Tesla hit by government investigation after Reveal story
Cal/OSHA says it “takes seriously reports of workplace hazards and allegations of employers’ underreporting recordable work-related injuries.”
Posted inInequality, Insult to Injury, Worked Over
Tesla says its factory is safer. But it left injuries off the books
Undercounting injuries is a symptom of a larger problem: Tesla has put electric car manufacturing above safety concerns, former safety experts say.
Posted inInequality, Insult to Injury, Silicon Valley Diversity, Worked Over
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Tesla and beyond: Hidden problems of Silicon Valley
We investigate companies that are struggling to solve some old-fashioned problems: Worker safety at Tesla, and diversity at Google and beyond.