● Tesla says its factory is safer. But it left injuries off the books (and Elon Musk is REALLY unhappy that Reveal News is covering it):
What she and some of her colleagues found, they said, was a chaotic factory floor where style and speed trumped safety. Musk’s name often was invoked to justify shortcuts and shoot down concerns, they said.
Under fire for mounting injuries, Tesla recently touted a sharp drop in its injury rate for 2017, which it says came down to meet the auto industry average of about 6.2 injuries per 100 workers.
But things are not always as they seem at Tesla. An investigation by Revealfrom The Center for Investigative Reporting found that Tesla has failed to report some of its serious injuries on legally mandated reports, making the company’s injury numbers look better than they actually are.
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● The Supreme Court's latest anti-worker movement deals a major blow to the #MeToo movement.
● McDonald's workers expose on-the-job sexual harassment.