Worker at Tesla's Fremont plant told me: “We’re extremely frustrated, angry, scared, that Elon is putting his cars before his workers."
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I heard that other workers are extremely grateful to have a job and be back at work, and that they appreciate Elon taking on the personal risk in order to save their factory. I also heard that employment in California is at-will and people who don't like having a job can quit.
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That is highly insensitive; people who don’t like having a job can quit?
California is still around 25,000 tests/day in a state of 39M.
How about people want to ensure they don’t contract a disease which has killed 70,000 people in 2 months in this country.
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Those people are also eligible to quit under California law.
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And under OSHA an employer must provide a workplace free from serious recognized hazards; how can one do that if all of their employees haven’t been tested?
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You could ask people to exercise good judgement, stay home if they think they're likely to be infected. Even if everyone tests and is 100% clear, they could be infected 5 minutes later. Are you going to test everybody every day forever? You have to go with risk-adjusted return.
Every other major car manufacturer is back to work, David. So are many other Californian factories.
Why is Tesla not allowed to?
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Ric I just don’t want you guys to experience what happened here in NYC; have friends who are docs on the front lines and I know how bad it got here..
Everyone should be tested; to say “if you don’t feel good stay home” shows a lack of knowledge as you can spread asymptomatically
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