I Was Illegally Fired By Elon Musk For Trying to Unionize Tesla

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  • Опубликовано: 15 июн 2021
  • EXCLUSIVE: Autoworker Richard Ortiz tried to organize a union at Tesla. Elon Musk's company responded by "coercively interrogating" him 3 times, then illegally firing him, federal investigators found. Ortiz is sharing his full story on camera for the first time.
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Комментарии • 811

  • @zzez0077
    @zzez0077 2 года назад +50

    I mean only thing that makes him different from Jeff Bezos is that he just has a bunch of fanboys to defend him

  • @isaacclarke3037
    @isaacclarke3037 Год назад +39

    I work at Tesla Fremont factory and it sucks. 12 hr shift is no joke so I have also been taking a second lunch. You wouldn’t believe how much hate and poorly treated I was because of taking that second lunch. It’s very discouraged because they lose money every second you’re not on the line. It sucks because I love Tesla but they treat employees bad especially me because of my lunch. I denied me a third rest break because I take a second lunch saying my lunch counts as a rest break. It is very illegal what they are doing. Luckly because of me people now get their entitled breaks. Management really tries to take your breaks away so you can work more. Worst part is they are strict on sitting down they force you to stand 12 hr even if there are no cars. Avoid working here unless you want to destroy your body and be restless.

    • @rat3diirushii
      @rat3diirushii Год назад

      Love from K shift

    • @abraxasjinx5207
      @abraxasjinx5207 Год назад

      What do you love about Tesla? Good on you for insisting they meet their bare minimum requirements, they absolutely will take every inch they can.

    • @taxicamel
      @taxicamel Год назад +2

      If you don't like the company, don't work there. No one is forcing you to work there. If you can't get a job anywhere else, ....WHY?
      .

    • @chindilindi888
      @chindilindi888 Год назад +2

      Problem with you is that you work in the company that you dont like. Who force you to work there? Shape up or ship out

    • @playerzero2236
      @playerzero2236 Год назад +1

      Who put a gun to your head and said work there

  • @DenNorskeFyren
    @DenNorskeFyren 2 года назад +37

    I work at a place that is similar except no one is unionizing. Lots of us do more than one job. I in particular run a whole woodshop area by myself. I mean I am used to it and I’m only 26. All I hear from the uppers and the boss is “oh you’re a young guy you can do it” but will go home tired everyday. We had one guy way before me by himself go crazy. What I do is pretty simple I pick up lumber that weighs a good 70lbs and I cut it down to length after I cut all the parts I then rip the order to width. All by myself. I gained a hernia. Bad back and even broken several toes and fractured my ribs there. By I’m a young guy I can take it :) it does make me sad because by OSHA rules there should be 3 others in my area. Other areas there it’s different and more sad. I’m not the only one working alone is an area. I haven’t another another person in my area for more than a year. I only make $11.50 which sucks because I feel I work the hardest. I’m the first part of the job and I supply the whole shop with work.

    • @leelindsay5618
      @leelindsay5618 2 года назад +7

      As the country unionizes again, organize a union. Together we stand, divided we fall. I once worked at a non-unionized company & they treat people like dirt (they still do). Now in my union job, if managers try to treat employees like dirt, our union steps in. Being unionized doesn't mean we don't have to work hard, but it means that if Osha says there should be 3 guys, management must resolve the issue or go to court and pay a fine for violating OSHA then put in 3 guys.

    • @FollowmedowntheNumberWhole
      @FollowmedowntheNumberWhole 2 года назад

      Get it on camera and to the right media

    • @DenNorskeFyren
      @DenNorskeFyren 2 года назад +7

      @@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole I no longer work there. I now work at Dots Pretzels owned by Hershey and it’s so much easier on me and I get paid $19 an hour. My sign on bonus was great. All the workers and bosses are great. They literally don’t let us work hard at all. But no I’m glad I got away from my old job.

    • @chinemeremohaeri9100
      @chinemeremohaeri9100 Год назад +1

      @@DenNorskeFyren You have no idea how happy I am for you 😁. I was going to suggest you go into the CNA field I'm in. It's so easy, I do my homework there. But it looks like you're doing ok.

    • @DenNorskeFyren
      @DenNorskeFyren Год назад +3

      @@chinemeremohaeri9100 Oh yeah I’m still doing good. I make $24/hr now. Job is easier than before. Became a lead in under a year. Learned almost everything.

  • @chynnafong
    @chynnafong 2 года назад +84

    My boyfriend currently works for Tesla and the mental and physical toll it is taking on him breaks my heart.... I cry because I want to help but idk what to do...

    • @BayMacDre415
      @BayMacDre415 2 года назад +37

      tell him to be grateful that he has a job, and quit whining.

    • @EdithEsquivel
      @EdithEsquivel 2 года назад

      Read about the fire movement

    • @perryteo1406
      @perryteo1406 2 года назад +5

      Er.... Ask him to leave?

    • @Supe204
      @Supe204 2 года назад +21

      @@BayMacDre415 why not tesla should be grateful to have an employee dedicating his youth for its growth ??

    • @AnandTumurtogoo17
      @AnandTumurtogoo17 2 года назад +7

      tell him to join a union.

  • @vbredacted398
    @vbredacted398 Год назад +2

    You load 16 tons, what do you get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt

  • @th-cc6ei
    @th-cc6ei 2 года назад +10

    I work for frito lay at the Kirkwood NY location in the warehouse. We routinely get forced to work overtime up to the state limit of 60 hours. If corporations had thier way they would force us to work 7 days a week 16 hours a day. Sadly most workers are indeed scared to even mention the word union. They tried to unionize years ago but one brown noser told corporate and they had a huge meeting. Everyone who signed the union cards got scared and wanted the cards back. If workers really want to make a change then stage a strike. Again though a lot of people can't afford to take the time off to do so. Self interest knows no limit. Both poor and rich people are guilty of it. I personally am trying to find another job with a smaller company so I'm not unnoticeable like at a huge corporation like frito lay. Sure I will make less money but is money really worth being treated like a slave? I used to think so but not anymore.

  • @LuisSanchez-by7mh
    @LuisSanchez-by7mh 2 года назад +69

    Damn Tesla has a lot of negative stuff I never realized. Such as poor and incompetent management, tough working hours, and even illegally firing their employees that boils my blood.

    • @theonesolrac9888
      @theonesolrac9888 2 года назад +3

      It’s because you’re too small minded to see what’s actually going on here! Sorry for your tiny tiny brain

    • @LuisSanchez-by7mh
      @LuisSanchez-by7mh 2 года назад +11

      @@theonesolrac9888 wow calm down. I was just saying this video opened my eyes to what goes on behind the scenes. Tesla is always being talked about as a revolutionary company building the future that some people never think to question who builds the cars and if their happy working their.

    • @infini.tesimo
      @infini.tesimo 2 года назад +3

      @@theonesolrac9888 that wasn't needed or called for at all man. Chill out.

    • @Blazeww
      @Blazeww 2 года назад

      And Musk right there with them.
      And people get fired for no reason all the time. But a reason like trying to steal workers for a union that will just take thier money and cost the company more money.
      Guy from UAW. Already in trouble for rippin off workers but talks about Musks richer employees.

    • @ricardo8268
      @ricardo8268 2 года назад +1

      You need to hear both side of the story first

  • @oldstatueface6317
    @oldstatueface6317 2 года назад +215

    Shittier working conditions is one of big tech's primary "innovations." It's always good to see people fighting back.

    • @onlinepersonalitydisorder1051
      @onlinepersonalitydisorder1051 2 года назад

      What's shitty about Tesla workers condition? Despite no covid restrictions (that's fucked up)

    • @supergamergrill7734
      @supergamergrill7734 2 года назад +15

      @@onlinepersonalitydisorder1051 Everything. There’s no Yellow warning signs because Elon hates yellow so there’s no sign saying don’t go over this line or this isn’t safe

    • @onlinepersonalitydisorder1051
      @onlinepersonalitydisorder1051 2 года назад +1

      @@supergamergrill7734 Isn't it illigal?

    • @supergamergrill7734
      @supergamergrill7734 2 года назад +7

      @@onlinepersonalitydisorder1051 probably but you know the USA inspectors. They suck at their job

    • @onlinepersonalitydisorder1051
      @onlinepersonalitydisorder1051 2 года назад +1

      @@supergamergrill7734 That's sad

  • @WellActualllyyy
    @WellActualllyyy 3 года назад +94

    so embarrassing and childish for tesla to essentially put a worker on time-out because he was trying to unionize by switching him to a part of the factory where no one else was so he would have to be all alone. is corporate management run by 12 year olds?

    • @smo-king6504
      @smo-king6504 3 года назад +19

      No they just don't want to pay their workers what they should get

    • @bigcrazewolf
      @bigcrazewolf 2 года назад +5

      It's beyond embarrassing and childish it's illegal and management is greedy corporatists.
      Elon is not our friend ruclips.net/video/5pNL7MlUpmI/видео.html

    • @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605
      @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605 2 года назад +4

      1900s Henry ford knew that at if he paid his employees enough money they could actually buy the cars they were building.. which started the industrial revolution Henry Ford did this.. Now they have figured out how to pay us less... And Wall Street and banks Is created this massive massive world of finance.. You want it you don't make enough you finance it...

    • @BuffaloEskate
      @BuffaloEskate 2 года назад +1

      Yes basically!!!

    • @YouDontWantItWithMe
      @YouDontWantItWithMe 2 года назад +8

      So they should pay someone to actively undermine their business structure? Unions are not all good. And even if I agreed they should unionize. I wouldn’t expect a company to pay the people trying to force them to do something they don’t want to do. If you don’t like the company….quit. They’re not doing anything illegal. Cry me a effing river

  • @andrewd6956
    @andrewd6956 2 года назад +9

    $20 an hour + equity? Surely that's what I've read about.

  • @J.HerbosHair
    @J.HerbosHair 2 года назад +22

    Huh the same shit happens down the road at Space X. I miss the job so much and the connections I made there for 7 years. I don't miss the conditions or the bosses who stole from Elon who bought Christmas gifts for the workers. Only to back door it for themselves. One thing I learned in life is that it always comes back around.

  • @GORT70
    @GORT70 2 года назад +24

    If what he says about the working conditions is true, it’s a sweatshop. I work 12 hr nights, 4 on 1 off. If he was a line worker, $20 is ok, not great but ok. What are the benefits? 6 days on 12’s is 72. 32 hours of overtime per week. That’s a pretty serious number of hours. The fatigue would be a safety factor…..
    I’ve seen both sides of the unions, and maybe they have their place. But there would be less need of unions in places that recognized the safety and well-being of their workers.

    • @jpete190
      @jpete190 2 года назад

      @@larrythorn6265 company’s don’t have any choice now days. Our economy has become global, we have to compete with China, Mexico and other low wage countries. If companies didn’t break the unions they couldn’t afford to keep the doors open. Unions raise cost and company’s cannot be competitive. Don’t blame the corporations, Other countries see that manufacturing raises the standard of living for its citizens so they are copying what the US has been doing for the last 75 years and creating jobs in this sector. For manufacturing companies to survive in the US they have to efficient and lean.

    • @toomuchinfo6487
      @toomuchinfo6487 2 года назад +5

      @@jpete190 or we could just have the government tax companies more when they outsource their labor to 3rd world sweat shops…

    • @jpete190
      @jpete190 2 года назад +1

      @@toomuchinfo6487 I’d be down for that..!!

    • @toomuchinfo6487
      @toomuchinfo6487 2 года назад +3

      @@jpete190 I’m glad, that’s really the only solution if we want to have better job conditions than 3rd world countries. It worked perfectly fine until NAFTA

    • @jpete190
      @jpete190 2 года назад +1

      @@toomuchinfo6487 I totally agree, our politicians have made to easy to the rest of the world to beat us.

  • @91foxbodyplaya47
    @91foxbodyplaya47 2 года назад +5

    Why ruin a perfectly good company with a union. I’d shut the doors if I was Elon and it become union...

  • @kev9617
    @kev9617 3 года назад +54

    The worst part is there’s a generation of new workers who never experienced a union and will probably won’t due to not knowing what they’re good for

    • @hithere5553
      @hithere5553 2 года назад +15

      Thankfully young workers are starting to wake up to why things are the way they are. Most people I’ve spoken to under 40 are pro union but they just don’t have the knowledge to organize.

    • @themodfather9382
      @themodfather9382 2 года назад

      What! Again!

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад +1

      Good.

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад +6

      We don’t need unions

    • @iki597
      @iki597 2 года назад +4

      I'm 23 I've been a part of the teamsters for about 3 years now and I hate it. The leaders are ancient white men who look like they've never lifted a Dean thing in their life. The only thing theyre good for is keeping people who don't want to work from being fired. This one guy showed up drunk 4 times before he was fired and he still filed a claim with the union, not sure how it turned out though. All I can say is my experience with this union has been extremely negative and I've been forced to pick up the slack of those that don't want to work because that's what you have to do if you want to move up. So if you just want to collect a paycheck with just enough money to live and also not do anything to earn it then unions are for you.

  • @iki597
    @iki597 2 года назад +10

    Good, unions are awful. You can literally curse at your manager and not get fired. You really don't even have to do any work to keep your job. If youre lazy you'll love unions but if youre a hardworker like me all you will see is the people around you getting paid the exact same as you,but only doing 25% of the work.

    • @CarpeDiem23
      @CarpeDiem23 2 года назад +2

      But on the other hand, workers wouldn't even make unions if they are paid decently for their jobs, plus working under bad conditions

    • @iki597
      @iki597 2 года назад

      @@CarpeDiem23 I get that but unions aren't the answer becasue the rights unions give you are taken advantage of by all the people that just want to collect a $300 pay check every week.

    • @wideyon5
      @wideyon5 2 года назад

      @@iki597 so what do you think the answer is? I worked in a factory for 17 years and made 17 bucks an hour. Finally got up the nerve and left that job am now working at a union job making 22 after a year and a half, top out is 30 something in another 2 and a half. Insurance sucks but no worse than what I had but 401k match is pretty decent. However I do agree with you part of my irritation with this new job is the amount of laziness I see and how I feel like because of my work ethic I get taking advantage of by my supposed “brothers” who want to sit back and do nothing and collect their top pay while I do most if not all the work for less money. Just feels like the answers in the middle but neither side wants to give anything, wish I had the answer.

    • @iki597
      @iki597 2 года назад

      @@wideyon5 I think the answer is for people to strike without being under the banner of a union. There's no need to unionize if you have a backbone and are willing to compromise your own life in order to change the way the job works or you cab get a new job which is the easier and faster approach and has worked everytime in my case

  • @salvagemonster3612
    @salvagemonster3612 2 года назад +7

    So basically Tesla didn’t want to see their plant turn into what happened to Detroit?

    • @marcuskartsounis8421
      @marcuskartsounis8421 2 года назад +2

      Yeah it was the greedy workers fault that NAFTA got introduced lol gtfo

    • @zombiestory6353
      @zombiestory6353 2 года назад

      @@marcuskartsounis8421 at one point those workers where costing 70 dollars an hour when you add bennifits. I dont like nafta but the unions did get greedy and the cars sucked. Everybody drunk or high and thinking nothing mattered. Soon gm will be gone maybe ford will survive.

  • @Frank72364
    @Frank72364 3 года назад +51

    2:07 That is the problem I have with Elon Musk. It is all about him. Horrible person.

    • @MySensualWorld
      @MySensualWorld 3 года назад +4

      Musk looks like a billionaire smuck like Jeff Bezos!

    • @habitsrabbit
      @habitsrabbit 2 года назад +14

      @@MySensualWorld
      well..that might be because he _is_ a billionaire smuck like Jeff Bezos

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад

      You’re absolutely wrong, and you’ll be eating those words in the years to come

    • @Frank72364
      @Frank72364 2 года назад

      @@michalesnyder3942 You mean when Musk go to prison? I am 100% right.

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад

      He won’t be going to prison, and he’s doing more for this country than any of those workers combined oh wait they all work for him. Received $20 a day with equity……Man they really get it rough. Yikes just sounds terrible.Wish I could work for him

  • @gkc1936
    @gkc1936 2 года назад +35

    Excellent job Elon Musk. Unions destroy companies destroy the product and ultimately destroy jobs these workers need. Ask Ford GM and Chrysler.

    • @damonirvine8910
      @damonirvine8910 2 года назад +10

      Capitalist bootlicker

    • @reelsremotes4935
      @reelsremotes4935 2 года назад

      Good stuff man 👍🏽

    • @gkc1936
      @gkc1936 2 года назад +4

      @@damonirvine8910 Enjoying poverty?😂

    • @Stalkergames916
      @Stalkergames916 2 года назад +1

      @@damonirvine8910 hewo mi nae is danone from chiwa

    • @zombiestory6353
      @zombiestory6353 2 года назад

      @@damonirvine8910 sorry your poor

  • @brentmenier3442
    @brentmenier3442 2 года назад +2

    Unions are not what they supposed to be

    • @bg5561742
      @bg5561742 2 года назад

      Working for unions suck it’s nothing but a bunch of loops and lie’s

  • @hellsgaming8026
    @hellsgaming8026 2 года назад +35

    I worked in a union and the long term employees making tons of money were useless. They did nothing while bragging about the 60 bucks an hour they made. Used to say it cost the company 10 bucks for them to take a shit.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      @Angry Combat Wombat You're the clown if you think anyone would believe that piece of fiction.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      Notice: the 2 Bots "Hells gaming" and "angry wombat combat" are anti union propagandists. They have been noted.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      @Angry Combat Wombat Yes. Fiction aimed at reducing pro union sentiment. Fiction composed by consultants and anti union groups and posted on social media. You cannot prove it is true so you lash out.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад +1

      @Angry Combat Wombat The only schizo here is one who is deluded enough to believe the owner actually cares about his workers. Enjoy your 24 hour work day. Your view on labor history is topsy turvy.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      @Angry Combat Wombat You are the bully here. I never descended into name calling. You have a bully mentality, and that is just what the consultants are looking for when they want someone to intimidate workers. Proves my point

  • @powerofloveism
    @powerofloveism 2 года назад +4

    Tim Hortons is treating their staff like Maggot Shit , watching every inch of us on Camera right up the Crack of our Cheeks and then if we so much as complain about one single issue to management such as another employee who is not following Safe Food Handling Procedure's the one who reports it get's fired without explanation and the only thing you did was try to improve the Conditions and do right by the Public ( Customers) and suddenly you get a Termination Paper with no explanation. You call the owner to ask why you were terminated and all you get is a bunch of excuses for letting you go , rather then the person who likes sticking their hand down their pants just before handling other people's food. You try to do the right thing for people and you get fired.

  • @imonewithearth5697
    @imonewithearth5697 Год назад +1

    THE THING IS NO ONE FORCED YOU TO WORK AT TESLA.

  • @alvinleong269
    @alvinleong269 2 года назад +3

    The middle class and working class...they form the real economy

  • @filipesantos8210
    @filipesantos8210 Год назад +1

    If he does not like it, we can move on to other company.

  • @alecs6492
    @alecs6492 2 года назад +21

    It wasn’t illegal to fire him.

    • @BEARD3DBEANIEE
      @BEARD3DBEANIEE 2 года назад +3

      That's just the propaganda you've been reading.

    • @beijingbrandon6220
      @beijingbrandon6220 2 года назад

      @@fpshobbs LOL if they don't want to be unionized that's their choice, it's also their choice to fire him, get the fuck out of here.

  • @dr_serious
    @dr_serious 3 года назад +2

    "Fuck Elon!" - Max Keiser

  • @tonysxDD
    @tonysxDD 2 года назад +35

    Since I learned Elon was involved with amber while she was still with Jhonny Depp, and when he pushed Bitcoin inflation with his tweets just to cash in and make it drop again, i lost all fuking respect for him

    • @semiloreomoyinmi6398
      @semiloreomoyinmi6398 2 года назад +11

      Lol you had respect for snake oil sales man

    • @HM-hu4hu
      @HM-hu4hu 2 года назад +1

      He didn't "cash in".

    • @EdithEsquivel
      @EdithEsquivel 2 года назад +3

      And what about when his second wife said on camera that she felt like running away after getting married and he said: really? Being a douche brings douchy things into your life

    • @mrjaimerey
      @mrjaimerey 2 года назад

      @@EdithEsquivel I need the link to this lmao

    • @HM-hu4hu
      @HM-hu4hu 2 года назад

      @@EdithEsquivel Yes I'm sure you are perfect human being. Never made any mistakes.

  • @prismbrandingrealestatebra6301
    @prismbrandingrealestatebra6301 Год назад +1

    The federal government does NOT care about these abuses. In fact the government intentionally sets the fines for breaking these laws is so low that a company could break federal labor laws hundreds of times over and the fines would not even amount to $250k. These companies would rather pay the fines than obey the law because it is cheaper to pay the fines than to have a union.
    It has been this way since the 1980's

  • @ARandomDonut
    @ARandomDonut 4 месяца назад

    A union is the only thing that prevents me from having to work 12 hour shifts 6 days a week. It's fun to watch management frantically try and get you off the clock before 10 hours before doubletime starts. The weekly hour caps are the only reason I get any days off either, since if you work 56 hours a week, you also go into doubletime.

  • @ArkhonXIX
    @ArkhonXIX 2 года назад +33

    Someone give me an example where a union made a company MORE competitive in the marketplace and didn't ultimately destroy the company in the end because of unrealistic and uncompetitive demands

    • @marcuskartsounis8421
      @marcuskartsounis8421 2 года назад +6

      The industrial revolution as a whole so that entrepreneurs actually had people earning substantial wages to buy the shit they mass produced for the first time in history? Please read a book before you go on the internet and make yourself look stupid because you don’t understand the correlation between better wages and increased consumption.

    • @cohensmith6100
      @cohensmith6100 2 года назад +1

      @@marcuskartsounis8421 Not all unions are good

    • @ArkhonXIX
      @ArkhonXIX 2 года назад +3

      @@marcuskartsounis8421 still waiting for an example. And I'm talking in the long run Marcus. I understand unions helped get kids out of dangerous coal mines etc etc but give me an example of a fully unionized company that exists today that doesn't deal with toxic union labor gouging. All unions are good...for their members, everyone else be damned

    • @JK-gu3tl
      @JK-gu3tl 2 года назад +1

      @@marcuskartsounis8421 Henry Ford deliberately paid his workers more to prevent unionisation.

    • @JK-gu3tl
      @JK-gu3tl 2 года назад

      @@ArkhonXIX Union=labor cartel

  • @crush9197
    @crush9197 2 года назад +1

    They really should’ve started at least 23 an hour and then add the shift difference 21 an hour for that kind of work sucks good to see other companies paying more now though

  • @gregorioalcantara8544
    @gregorioalcantara8544 2 года назад +2

    So is Jeff

  • @ARUchannel1
    @ARUchannel1 2 года назад +1

    He wanted a better life and what he got was kick in the butt. He was fired and any colleague backed him up

  • @kassidylane
    @kassidylane 3 месяца назад

    I work at Tesla. Its awesome. Gold plated insurance costs me very little and covers a lot. Every hourly employee just received a $10/hr increase in pay since the start of 2024 to keep up with the insane cost of living increases. Also stock options and bonuses. Admittedly I work in an office, so I do not know much about the assembly line, but Tesla will pay for you to enroll in or complete college and there is plenty of upward mobility opportunities. Is excellence demanded of everyone? Yes. Is everyone in Americas workforce up to that standard, we all know the answer is no. Working at Tesla is great, because I like being surrounded by hard working, talented people.

  • @rocketsurgeon5758
    @rocketsurgeon5758 3 года назад +31

    Remember Blair Mountain!... remember Harlan County!... General Strike!

  • @SmokinPaul
    @SmokinPaul 3 года назад +12

    Unions suck the life out of companies and force them to keep the lazy, the unproductive and eliminate pay based on ability. In short unions are crippling.
    Tesla moves at the speed of thought. They reward those with abilities and fire those that are a detriment to the companies goals. In turn if you do a good job you will be rewarded.
    We now have laws protecting workers, unions are of a past that no longer exists. If you don't like working at Tesla or any place else there is nothing stopping you from leaving for better greener pastures. Go work for GM, they'll be out of business in 10 years.
    I'm in a union and I see its pros and cons. Pros are mostly for the lazy, the cons are for those who are truly gifted and see no reward for their efforts, getting the same pay as the slacker next to them. There is a reason Unions are dying out. Tesla employees love their jobs and are very happy with the higher pay package.
    What seems to not register with the pro union posters is that pay is simply not just your wage. I could get more pay at another job but I also get extremely good healthcare and a pension that thankfully is not run by our union who has a tendency of losing the pension funds of other locals. If I do a better job I get nothing for it, so I give just enough. I would take a lower wage with the ability to get a raise based on my abilities and stock in the company I work at over higher pay. If you don't have faith in the place you work then why are you working their.
    I don't think you'll find any Tesla workers who have a problem being wealthier from the shares of $TSLA they get in their compensation package.
    The Unions however are very sad they can't leach off Tesla and its employees.

    • @abdmzn
      @abdmzn 2 года назад +7

      I don't give a shit about your anecdotes, 12 hours and 6 days of work are no work conditions acceptable in the 21st century.

    • @cohensmith6100
      @cohensmith6100 2 года назад

      @@abdmzn They can quite, no oone if forced to work there

    • @abdmzn
      @abdmzn 2 года назад +1

      @@cohensmith6100 "just quit and lose your only source of income."

    • @cohensmith6100
      @cohensmith6100 2 года назад

      @@abdmzn if u work for tesla odds are you can find a new employer in a lot of places

    • @abdmzn
      @abdmzn 2 года назад +1

      @@cohensmith6100 Maybe you can, or maybe you will have to wait months without a salary to find a new job, maybe you'll have to move to a different state with your family, "just quit" is not an argument.

  • @jamesdash1906
    @jamesdash1906 2 года назад +1

    In the corporate world you DON'T matter !!!! It's been that way for a very long time.

    • @TiggyRolls
      @TiggyRolls 2 года назад +1

      Yes, it's damaged and needs change.

  • @mikeferguson6906
    @mikeferguson6906 2 года назад +7

    Can’t cut it then go elsewhere. Unions ruined the auto industry. If an employer sucks then walk away. I would have fired his ass too. It’s a job not your company, never understood why a union had any right. Don’t do the job then get out.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      Lol propagandist.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      Your republican ideology is sick and counter intuitive.

  • @littledancingfawn
    @littledancingfawn 2 года назад +9

    I don’t think all companies should go Union.
    My ex is a union guy. He told me he’s slept on jobs just to make them last longer.

    • @TiggyRolls
      @TiggyRolls 2 года назад +1

      Shit i'd love to get paid for a nap.

  • @jkkmane
    @jkkmane 2 года назад +1

    im all for fair pay but i want to see the other side of the story. We only hear from ex-workers. I would want to hear from a current worker before i make any judgements.

  • @mamalives6938
    @mamalives6938 Год назад

    They taught us to call the body we come from Mother which is another way of saying material or mater. They do see us as something empty to use who come from our Mama's. It's the name of vanity against the spirit in Mama creating life with Dada.

  • @tomawboss7513
    @tomawboss7513 Год назад

    Did you leave nummi or did you get let go? and if iit is better than tesla (i.e. more money) then why not go back to nummi?

  • @paul.facciolo6985
    @paul.facciolo6985 2 года назад

    Honestly if you don't like the conditions and only get paid 20 an hour just go work somewhere else.

  • @vidarebornlonewolf
    @vidarebornlonewolf 2 года назад

    Unions are crap nowadays.

  • @wendyshoowaiching4161
    @wendyshoowaiching4161 Год назад

    I will also fire you if I am the boss if you form a union to bully me. But request nicely for a worker representative so whatever your complaints were resolve with the boss.

  • @valenciae271
    @valenciae271 2 года назад +2

    Don't stand in the way of progress

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      Yes, Tesla is standing in the way of progress.

  • @jimlahey8210
    @jimlahey8210 Год назад

    Dude shot his shot missed and got fired. You bought the ticket now take the ride.

  • @miss1of2
    @miss1of2 3 года назад +24

    I'll NEVER but a Tesla new!!
    Musk already has enough money, he doesn't mine!! Keep up the good fight Mr Ortiz!!!

    • @ivorjawa
      @ivorjawa 3 года назад +5

      I’d never buy a Tesla used. Who knows what evil fuckery lurks in their firmware.

    • @Davo198
      @Davo198 2 года назад +5

      @Isaac Ndirangu what happened in Detroit was a result of automation and globalisation. What happened in Detroit happened despite of the unions, not because of the unions

    • @hithere5553
      @hithere5553 2 года назад +6

      @Isaac Ndirangu unions take care of their own, unlike corporations.

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад

      Not with that attitude you couldn’t afford one

    • @miss1of2
      @miss1of2 2 года назад

      @@michalesnyder3942 yes I could but that prick don't need my money!

  • @Polack-ml9fh
    @Polack-ml9fh 2 года назад +15

    This guys the man! What he says at the end… “I guess I was too strong of an organizer, he thinks I’m gonna come in there and try to do it again… and I WILL, THATS EXACTLY WHAT I’M GONNA DO.” that’s the attitude of a a real union man, it’s not all about himself.

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад +1

      Yeah and he’s only going to make him mad. Tesla will not and I repeat will not unionize it’s unnecessary

    • @hithere5553
      @hithere5553 2 года назад +3

      @@michalesnyder3942 scabs are not human and should not be interacted with as such.

    • @taxicamel
      @taxicamel Год назад +1

      @@hithere5553 ....kettle calling the pot black. Look in a mirror. The epitome of a scab.
      .

    • @ronaldarchibald2506
      @ronaldarchibald2506 Год назад

      @michale snyder then tesla Will have osha up their ass every day. Workers will get sick of injuries and sue publically. Once the fan boys see how toxic the waste is from one worn out battery the glamor of tesla will crash hard. If it is so safe. Store it in your front yard.

    • @blucllrmn
      @blucllrmn 4 месяца назад

      He is a pansy ass

  • @yocelynlepe3693
    @yocelynlepe3693 2 года назад +19

    Richard Ortiz is bad-ass. Hell yeah! Kudos to you, sir.

  • @AnandTumurtogoo17
    @AnandTumurtogoo17 2 года назад +2

    I don't understand why people worship Elon Musk.

  • @DrFill-ht3eh
    @DrFill-ht3eh 2 года назад +5

    Elon isn't all in for hurting his employees, he's all against what could hurt the company & unions can very easily end up hurting the company. This video isn't even fair.. there will be a lot of ignorant people supporting something they know very little about.

    • @BronteBlu2
      @BronteBlu2 2 года назад

      That's the lying union for you...one sided, their side, for their benefit.

    • @beijingbrandon6220
      @beijingbrandon6220 2 года назад +1

      @@BronteBlu2 Sounds a lot like Right vs the Left, and the left is always doing what the unions do, crying about others problems.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      Crap and nonsense. You guys are talking like 19th century factory owners. Where are your top hats and monocles? Did you forget your starched arrow collars?

    • @vindifrenzy1100
      @vindifrenzy1100 Год назад

      Dr. Fill not true

  • @GeoffreyBronson
    @GeoffreyBronson Год назад

    I like Elon's plans for Mars but HATE his plans for Earth. He doesn't treat workers right.

  • @theway77744
    @theway77744 2 года назад +1

    Probably should have been fired. No doubt, making good money, but that wasn’t enough.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад

      The way forward us to pummel "theway77744's" thick skull into mush and push for more unionization. Vote out the republicans!!!!

    • @theway77744
      @theway77744 Год назад

      @@wokeeye6441 You mean the party that fought to end slavery?????!!!!! Let me guess, you want the party that loves these gas prices, inflation and this insane rise in crime. The party that acts like a child because fewer babies will be slaughtered. The “come on in” party and now we have TWO MILLION + more illegal immigrants under sleepy Joe. The global change, climate warming scam party. 😐Unbelievable

  • @doktawhawee9870
    @doktawhawee9870 2 года назад

    It's like the biggest companies make the worst crap or something...

  • @serafinacosta7118
    @serafinacosta7118 Месяц назад

    NUMMI was a GM-Toyota joint venture in Northetn CA. So Toyota could afford union pay rates , after all.
    And Tesla is an Union Buster Company.
    I know for sure , for as long as I may care, a Tesla won’t be in my driveway.

  • @CO8848_2
    @CO8848_2 2 года назад +22

    You should be fired. Go find another job, making GM or something. Without government subsidy, it already went bankrupt once.

    • @jonathanbatturs6359
      @jonathanbatturs6359 2 года назад +4

      Its not a subsidy, Tesla is owned by the Govt. ! HOW can you give yourself a subsidy ?

    • @shanelove2132
      @shanelove2132 2 года назад +1

      70% of all Chevy are made outside the USA.

  • @mattmoore5237
    @mattmoore5237 2 года назад

    Union sucks through and through

  • @rickss69
    @rickss69 Год назад

    More likely fired because he was trying this on company time and on company property...

  • @craigbmm4675
    @craigbmm4675 Год назад

    Elon is a workaholic and expects everyone working to be the same .. it should not be like this at a company . he needs to learn people need a balanced life , God , Family , Work , relaxation .. time to refresh . I find it very disheartning to see how these factories are run . modern day sweat shops is about right . comon guys Management needs to care about the employees well being . as i see it they really dont now . its just about Elons ego and how much can we do with the people we have .. working people to the bone . its sickening to watch . Union time

  • @galileykwong7017
    @galileykwong7017 2 года назад

    Open a Unionized Tesla's account using Elon Musk new Twitter and if he put his money where his mouth is.

  • @thaddeuslacroix3573
    @thaddeuslacroix3573 2 года назад +2

    Brave guy #standwithuaw

  • @AnthonyChinaski
    @AnthonyChinaski Год назад

    I wish Elon Musk would hurry up and get to Mars

  • @abraxasjinx5207
    @abraxasjinx5207 Год назад

    The auto manufacturer owned by the world's richest man pays $20 an hour. I've made better money waiting tables.

  • @VirtuellJo
    @VirtuellJo 3 года назад +14

    Elon should go to jail.

  • @th-cc6ei
    @th-cc6ei 2 года назад

    I seriously doubt that's the reason they gave. If he has proof he's an instant millionaire.

  • @auntemmyd1604
    @auntemmyd1604 2 года назад

    He has no clue of what real life is! The bigger they are, the Harder they Fall! I Hope some of these big guys do fall!

  • @cedricbethea358
    @cedricbethea358 2 года назад +4

    Dude, you deserve to be fired. If you don't like their rules GTFO 😡

  • @miyoukifhey8544
    @miyoukifhey8544 2 года назад +32

    I am looking forward when the factory in germany opens and Tesla gets a taste or german unions and labor laws :)

  • @valenciae271
    @valenciae271 2 года назад

    Actually I hope you can affect the stock price so I can buy the dip

  • @mikilynne4558
    @mikilynne4558 Год назад

    Is it true that Musk has a pipeline from Starbucks to his house?

  • @gwoolman
    @gwoolman 2 года назад

    If it’s not a working environment you want then just leave and get a different job. Come work the drilling rigs with me. 12 to 15 hour days, 7 days a week and you are very disposable. But I am glad to have this because I do great things for my family.

  • @mauriceharting5877
    @mauriceharting5877 Год назад +2

    The problem with many modern day Unions is that the work ethic and productivity of their workers goes down and the costs of companies goes up. Regarding Tesla, the company offers a great work environment with a decent salary and benefit package including stock options. These stock options will be lost when higher wage demands are demanded in a Union work environment.
    I think it would be best that Tesla avoids New York with its powerful Unions and move the factory south to Florida or Texas. The factory business climate in New York is terrible.

  • @sarcasmmuch8905
    @sarcasmmuch8905 2 года назад

    Getting people to walk out is utterly non union activity ,Unions don’t want walkouts,Loss of wages equals loss of union dues,Complete BS story

  • @christ0431
    @christ0431 Год назад

    Everyone is disposable. Go work somewhere else if you don’t like it.

  • @earlaweese
    @earlaweese Год назад

    *BRING HIM DOWN. BRING HIM DOWN DOWN. A KING WITH NO CROWN!!!!*

  • @brandonmcclellan30
    @brandonmcclellan30 Месяц назад

    I hope people boycott Tesla! & the BEST way to boycott Tesla, is to STOP BUYING THEIR CARS!

  • @FlixRundownOfficial
    @FlixRundownOfficial 29 дней назад

    This guy is controlling space ground and pretty much will all be slaves

  • @samdegoeij6576
    @samdegoeij6576 2 года назад +4

    Hats of too Mr. Ortiz!! A UAW brother through and through!! I have massive respect for men like him and other people too that fight like this. Because, I'm sure they exist! Let's fight these stuck up, rich pieces of 💩!!

  • @rickeybakerbaker8915
    @rickeybakerbaker8915 2 года назад

    And now they're moving to Texas how is that helping your co-workers now

  • @shyboy022
    @shyboy022 2 года назад +16

    As a dude that lives near his Fremont factory, this guy isn't lying. They work 6 days a week 12 hour days. I hear the workers would hide as elon musk walks the floors. I like his vision but not his management by any means

  • @sonwasup
    @sonwasup 2 года назад +1

    I agree, go find another job

  • @emmafuentesbaltazar8801
    @emmafuentesbaltazar8801 2 года назад

    Please no group godbless to all people Amen Diyos Ama

  • @tomawboss7513
    @tomawboss7513 Год назад +3

    I hate how companies put a gun to your head and make you come to work for them.

  • @sungjin008
    @sungjin008 3 года назад +10

    Fuck, I'm never going to get a Tesla license when making a game anymore. If we're going to put a Tesla car, we'll put it like GTA Coli.

    • @tim..indeed
      @tim..indeed 3 года назад +2

      Not sure what game you develop but great!

    • @sungjin008
      @sungjin008 3 года назад

      @@tim..indeed I'm not a game developer, but if I made a game I would never buy a Tesla license.

    • @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605
      @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605 2 года назад +1

      1900s Henry ford knew that at if he paid his employees enough money they could actually buy the cars they were building.. which started the industrial revolution Henry Ford did this.. Now they have figured out how to pay us less... And Wall Street and banks Is created this massive massive world of finance.. You want it you don't make enough you finance it...

  • @gp1449
    @gp1449 2 года назад

    Why am I not surprised

  • @EJ_Sergio_34
    @EJ_Sergio_34 3 года назад +28

    He didn't deserved that and if Elon's rlly a nice guy then he should let his workers to have a union or at least give goon benefits & livable wages to his workers even tho some of them might or won't rlly buy his expensive cars

    • @TroyJScott
      @TroyJScott 3 года назад +5

      Elon may not want a union so he can keep the cost of his vehicles affordable. If the union really has the workers best interest in mind, the. They would help the workers without trying to take their money with dues and fees.
      Here’s an idea! Get the union to sign a guarantee that they will get all the BS they are promising the workers. The union cannot guarantee anything besides dues/fees and like rice bargaining. Wake up folks. This is another business trying to help themselves under the guise of helping you.

    • @MermaidJurate
      @MermaidJurate 3 года назад +11

      @@TroyJScott Unions need funds to be able to hire lawyers if it comes to that. The outcome of court proceedings cannot be guaranteed either way, but it is cheaper it pay union and have a class action than to pay for the whole thing by yourself.
      A single worker has no power and no voice because a probability of them being able to sue is ridiculously low. Preferably the lawsuits should not be necessary, but their ABILITY to go to court (the company already has that ability) puts them on the same footing with the company, gives them voice, and a seat at the table.

    • @amyfalconer1660
      @amyfalconer1660 3 года назад +13

      Elon is a narcissist

    • @EJ_Sergio_34
      @EJ_Sergio_34 3 года назад +3

      @@amyfalconer1660 and Rogan needs to realize that

    • @WellActualllyyy
      @WellActualllyyy 3 года назад +2

      @@TroyJScott your theory would make more sense if tesla actually profited from it's vehicles but the only money they make is from selling regulatory credits

  • @changuito10
    @changuito10 2 года назад +29

    I'm glad you were fired. I have yet to see a union guy that actually improves the conditions of the workers without afecting the quality of products and services. A unió ized Tesla would mean more expensive and less quality cars.

    • @ZettyLad
      @ZettyLad 2 года назад +6

      Yup, unions are shit

    • @r3trobananas33
      @r3trobananas33 2 года назад +5

      so true i hate quality of life too brothers

    • @goodfelloe
      @goodfelloe 2 года назад +1

      You should actually work a union before you start talking about things you don’t know. Unions are absolutely garbage because the problem is now the company and your coworkers determine how many hours you work and how much money you make and you pay a monthly fee to be screwed by the corporation and your coworkers. Your coworkers are gonna look out for you or are they gonna look out for themselves???? No brainer. Unions are shit.

    • @niclas3672
      @niclas3672 2 года назад +6

      Denmark. There your argument is thrown out the window. Imagine living in a country where healthcare is not a right, where you don't get a month of paid vacation and where paid maternity/paternity or sick leave isn't guaranteed for all workers. I wonder why not a single job in Denmark doesn't pay a living wage.
      A reaction to finding out workers are so cucked in the US i often hear is "well what do you do if you get sick". Your lack of unions and workers rights is really that absurd to the rest of the developed world.

    • @niclas3672
      @niclas3672 2 года назад +2

      @@ZettyLad Your point of view is shit. Are you American? I must assume you are. There are other countries where life is much better than in yours. These countries are called the entire developed world except for the US. Look at the guaranteed benefits all workers have in other countries.

  • @saimena12
    @saimena12 2 года назад

    I really wish you could make this channel in Spanish to reach a wider viriaty of people who share the same views and values but don't speak the lenguage

  • @dandwun562
    @dandwun562 2 года назад +4

    Elon is trying to make an affordable EV. You can't do that in a union shop.

    • @wokeeye6441
      @wokeeye6441 Год назад +2

      Affordable? You are a fool. His is a luxury car manufacturer.

  • @brandyvaughn1
    @brandyvaughn1 2 года назад +4

    I worked for Tesla in the Fremont area my hand s was so bad from all the wiring the electric wiring in the car s my fingers was bleeding

    • @michalesnyder3942
      @michalesnyder3942 2 года назад +1

      Good work ethic, I’m betting writing these words were excruciatingly painful. Yet you still can?

  • @alvincyt
    @alvincyt 2 года назад +21

    I'm not anti-union, my job is unionized itself, but I also love the fact that people have choices in this country.
    There are union jobs which give you a stable income and good benefits, there are also non-union jobs which pay less hourly, and give employees a bonus at the end of the year depending on the performance of the company or the department, but you can't have it both ways. You already knew it when you joined the company, you've made your choices and if you are unhappy with it afterwards, quit and find a union job.
    Like Ortiz said, he previously worked for Nummi which paid him substantially better, then why didn't he stick with Nummi but instead chose to go to Tesla? It was never explained in this video.

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад +1

      Well the NUMNI plant was bought by Tesla but I get your point. Ortiz is a crybaby who couldn’t handle the job.

    • @alvincyt
      @alvincyt 2 года назад +1

      @@startek119 I see, so it proves Nummi's business model isn't as competitive as Tesla's I guess.

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад +2

      @@alvincyt Unions usually kill companies, they don’t grow them. Tesla buying NUMMI is a great example

    • @slent5346
      @slent5346 2 года назад

      @@startek119 soyjack

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад

      @@slent5346 No you

  • @Obamaistoast2012
    @Obamaistoast2012 Год назад

    I would fire him too!

  • @zee2744
    @zee2744 2 года назад

    Wonder how high the dislikes are here

  • @MySensualWorld
    @MySensualWorld 3 года назад +14

    Boycott Tesla Internationally!

  • @skandolust2927
    @skandolust2927 2 года назад +5

    I need to meet with this guy!!!

  • @jamesthayer4372
    @jamesthayer4372 2 года назад +3

    If you want a union job in the automotive industry apply at GM or Ford, Tesla as a company is able to innovate because it is non union. Innovation is a hard concept for unions to accept due to the potential loss of jobs. Tesla would not be Tesla if it was unionized, it would be just another GM or Ford. In many ways we are being held hostage by unions in regards to innovation.

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад

      @@larrythorn6265 If that is true then how come Tesla is absolutely crushing it while all the unionized automakers are losing market share and revenue while squandering in debt.

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад

      @@larrythorn6265 Wrong. Tesla has achieved half a decades worth of success with zero subsidies. Meanwhile GM and other union shops, still haven’t paid back their bailouts.

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад

      @@larrythorn6265 Sounds like the union is racist then. Glad I’m not apart of one. If you chose to work for ethical companies like Tesla you don’t need a union.

    • @startek119
      @startek119 2 года назад

      @@larrythorn6265 Tesla employees have better benefits and compensation then their union counterparts. You are mistaken on the facts.

    • @beijingbrandon6220
      @beijingbrandon6220 2 года назад

      @@larrythorn6265 Lefty spotted.

  • @vickiejseverance1694
    @vickiejseverance1694 2 года назад

    He better think about we n USA we ain't going 2 take it anymore.

  • @tonywhite5485
    @tonywhite5485 2 года назад

    Go back to your other worker committee

  • @LecturaReading
    @LecturaReading Год назад +1

    Que se queden con todo 😂😂😂 mi libertad no tiene precio
    Dan asco 💩 y yo doy asco con ustedes … y no lo permitiré nunca jamás …
    Solo quería ver que tan mal estaban las cosas … antes de retirarme … Es un placer poder anunciar desde lo más profundo de mi corazón ♥️ que fue un placer estar con ustedes en este planeta por tantos siglos secuestrada en este planeta , usada como slave
    Sexual, como ganado teniendo hijos y dejándolo tirados a que aldrin me los cuide porque siempre fui muy pobre para poder con los compromisos de slave que se me daba o por quienes … siempre fueron más ricos que yo ( los transgenders y los hombres)
    Quiero decirles … que no pienso pelear por nada … nunca lo e echo y no lo pienso hacer … gracias a Dios ya firme contrato de que mi energía gracias a dios ya no regresara a este planeta 🌍 … pues me di la libertad de un black hole 🕳 y limitless galaxies… ya no podrán seguirme
    Esto fue echo para mi personalmente por los avisos de estos 2 personajes ( hombres y transgenders )
    Repito no pienso luchar por cerdos 🐖
    Me defiendo yo sola … pues el abuso es muy grande en contra de las mujeres y niños nativos en general … soy muy pequeña para hacer mucho y por eso … niego todo y no quiero saber de nada de este planeta 🌍 …. Está muy sucio lleno de cerdos 🐖 creo que el 95% de los humanos son bestias en si estado puro … de ignorancia capaz de matar por un puesto social…
    Me dan tanto azco que cada segundo duele como
    Si fuera un siglo este planeta no es bonito … y nada es real 🫅 estoy tratando de encontrar a mis reales pero no los veo
    … están tan podridos … gusanos 🪱 por todas partes … cada segundo me duele tanto la estadía en este lugar Omgsh ya no puedo masssssss y no pido por misericordia porque se que no la nunca la tienen ⚠️🌍🫥🕳 los innocentes busquen por Tesla si yo no estoy viva ❤️🕳…
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    Besos 💋 y suerte con su gran amor 🥰 pero a mi me dejan en paz por favor 🙏
    O por las buenas 😉
    Eso de las transgenders matándonos y los hombres apostando en eso … ? Es imperdonable ante los ojos De Dios mismo tanto abuso ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️💩💩💩 es inaceptable… por la eternidad las verdaderas creadoras queremos paz … y los falsos se tienen que ir 🙏🙏🙏🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳⚠️⚠️
    El
    Daño en mi sistema e mas que extremo 🕳🕳🕳🫥 quiero ser libre y seré libre por la eternidad lejos de todo cerdo 🐖 amén 🙏