According to news on November 29, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, US time, that the union just wants to pit employees against management. If Tesla establishes a union, it will be because it deserves its punishment and has failed in some aspects. Earlier on Wednesday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) launched a campaign against Tesla and 12 other automakers in the United States. At the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York, USA, when asked "what does this mean for Tesla", Musk said that he did not recognize American labor unions.
He said the union created a "landlords and farmers" atmosphere in the company and was "always trying to create negative sentiment" and pit employees against management.
He said: "Many people at Tesla have gone from front-line workers to senior management step by step. There is no distinction between landowners and farmers here. Everyone eats at the same table."
He added, "If Tesla unionizes, it will be because we deserved it and failed in some way."
Interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin asked at one point: "Do you think anyone can sway you?"
Musk responded: "If we make a bad product that people don't want to use, users will vote with their feet and switch to something else. My company has always been supervised by regulatory agencies, as are SpaceX, Starlink, and Tesla. Since our business is distributed in 55 countries, we are supervised by hundreds of regulatory agencies in total."
Musk later said he complied with nearly all of the rules imposed on his company, but "occasionally" disagreed with one. “I follow the rules very much,” he claimed.
When talking about Chinese electric car companies, Musk said that he believes that Chinese electric car companies are very competitive and said that many people believe that the top ten electric car companies in the world will be Tesla and nine Chinese manufacturers. (Chenchen)