Tesla organizers say they were fired a day after launching union drive
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Several employees at a Tesla facility in Buffalo, New York, have been fired the day after they announced a union drive, according to Tesla Workers United.
The group said in a statement on Thursday that workers received an email around 7 p.m. on Wednesday updating them on a new policy that prohibits them from recording workplace meetings without all participants' permission. TWU said that the policy violates federal labor law and flouts New York's one-party consent law to record conversations.
"I feel blindsided, I got COVID and was out of the office, then I had to take a bereavement leave. I returned to work, was told I was exceeding expectations and then Wednesday came along," organizing committee member Arian Berek, who is one of the fired employees, said in a statement. "I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement, and it's shameful."
