A group of Tesla workers in Buffalo, New York, emailed CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday to announce their intent to unionize. Collectively named Tesla Workers United, the group hopes to form the first ever union at the electric vehicle company.
Many of the employees at Tesla’s Buffalo plant label data as part of the automaker’s Autopilot team, a job that may not be as critical to Tesla’s operations in the future. At least, that was the takeaway from last June, when Tesla shuttered its San Mateo office, laying off 229 Autopilot workers who annotated data to train the automated driving system. The remaining 47 workers were reportedly relocated to Buffalo.
The Buffalo workers are organizing for job security and better pay and working conditions with Workers …
