[HN Gopher] Tesla broke labor laws by telling workers not to dis...
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       Tesla broke labor laws by telling workers not to discuss pay, NLRB
       claims
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 73 points
       Date   : 2023-01-01 21:08 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | raincom wrote:
       | Any large company that breaks laws get away with fines. However,
       | individuals and small businesses do not have that luxury.
        
         | NickC25 wrote:
         | Sad thing is, the fines aren't really harmful at this scale.
         | Any company large enough will just count this as OpEx and in
         | some cases be able to write it off their taxes.
         | 
         | I have nothing against Tesla as a company, love their cars, and
         | want nothing more than for them (as well as EVs in general) to
         | become even more mainstream.
         | 
         | But we as a society have enabled corporations to behave like
         | this and let them get away with crap time and time again only
         | to be hit with fines that add up to a day or two's profits.
         | This has to change.
        
         | option wrote:
         | Vinod Khosla is famously ignoring court and violating CA
         | constitution by restricting beach access. He can just afford to
         | pay fines.
         | 
         | [1] https://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/us-supreme-
         | cour...
        
         | dragonwriter wrote:
         | Yes, individuals and small businesses that break _this_ law get
         | fines, too.
        
           | tw98521358 wrote:
           | The amount is the same though so for large companies it's
           | just a minor inconvenience
        
       | ars wrote:
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       | throwaway4736 wrote:
       | I'm beginning to think that maybe Elon Musk is an asshole.
        
         | orra wrote:
         | In the last week or so, Elon Musk posted, railing against a
         | right wing caricature of a liberal. One of the logos on the
         | caricature was "Black Lives Matter". Complaining about BLM is
         | quite on the nose, given the massive racism problems at Tesla.
         | 
         | The man's an asshole, agreed.
        
         | standardUser wrote:
         | That became clear the moment he took time from his busy
         | schedule to re-Tweet a far right conspiracy theory about the
         | hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. It was completely
         | fabricated gibberish, the kind that any person with basic
         | critical thinking skills would see through instantly. But it
         | was also needlessly cruel.
        
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