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Blast_Furnace_Life t1_j8t31kk wrote
Reply to comment by PennName47 in Tesla fired New York workers 'in retaliation for union activity,' complaint alleges by influ
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/15/tesla_autopilot_workers_are_launching/
Here's the article referring to them as autopilot labelers wanting to unionize for job security because their boss has been vocal about not wanting humans to do the job.
Blast_Furnace_Life t1_j8sigg3 wrote
Reply to Tesla fired New York workers 'in retaliation for union activity,' complaint alleges by influ
Allegedly these guys were labelers for autopilot. A position that was always going to be eliminated as the company moved towards machine learning for labeling. Sounds like this group had nothing to lose and now they get to say it's because of their union organization plans instead of planned obsolescence.
Blast_Furnace_Life t1_j8rquoh wrote
Oh good, I wanted another broadcast of kids explaining how the internet works to their grandparents.
Blast_Furnace_Life t1_j8tdor9 wrote
Reply to comment by PennName47 in Tesla fired New York workers 'in retaliation for union activity,' complaint alleges by influ
That's the interesting nature of this. The employees knew that their job had an end date. That's what prompted the whole push to be union. That's well documented in their rationale. So now they have to prove that it was retaliation for their efforts to unionize, and not just the end of necessity of their job. It'll be interesting to see how this will shake out at the NLRB because I think we're gonna see this a lot more in other industries soon.