Elon Musk vows to 'make it right' after report of Tesla using foreign workers paid $5
 

Elon Musk vows to 'make it right' after report of Tesla using foreign workers paid $5 per hour
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Elon Musk and Tesla are scrambling to regain the moral high ground after a detailed and highly critical report this week alleged the company used subcontractors who were paid as little as $5 per hour to build a paint shop.*

One employee of the subcontractor in particular, a 42-year-old man named Gregor Lesnik who left his pregnant girlfriend in Slovenia in search of work, was said to be "seriously injured" on the job.

Hours after the Mercury News report was published on Sunday, Musk promised on Twitter to "investigate" the claims and "make it right."*

On Monday, Tesla condemned the low pay in a blog post and pledged to help the injured contractor, while simultaneously asserting it had acted legally in its dealings with the subcontracting firm. Read more...


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