Tesla denies union-busting claims in Buffalo

Tesla's Buffalo facility. | Image: Getty

Tesla says recent layoffs at its Buffalo, New York facility were part of a routine performance review cycle and that it is false" that it fired employees in response to a new union campaign. The Workers United union previously alleged in a complaint filed with the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that the company fired dozens of employees at the plant in retaliation for union activity" just one day after workers announced plans to organize.

In a statement posted to its website titled In Response to False Allegations," Tesla said it identified impacted employees 10 days before the unionization plans were announced, and that it only learned in hindsight" that one of the 27 employees identified as part of the union. Plans to...

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