Tesla releasing low-priced, high-quality EV is supported by foreign workers who are forced to work with cheap wages

Tesla Motors' announced new model "Model 3" is a popular gathering of more than 500,000 reservations already at a low price of less than half the price of the previous Tesla car of $ 35,000 (about 3.8 million yen) I will. However, there seems to be a foreign worker behind this high quality but low price electric vehicle (EV), which is forced to hurt labor with cheap wages.

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The circumstances of a certain Slovenian male who worked at the Tesla factory until he appealed Tesla are summarized in the following movie.

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Foreign workers working at cheap wages are supporting the expansion of Tesla's factory.


Construction contractors dispatching foreign workers to the Tesla factory will use a suspicious visa.


A visa acquired by a worker to work at the Tesla factory in the United States is limited to "B1 / B2 visa".


Moreover, the wage of this worker was 5 dollars per hour (about 550 yen).


What on earth was going on?


Mercury NewsInterviewed Mr. Gregor Rescink, one of the many foreign workers working at the Tesla plant.


Like many workers Mr. Lesink is a Slovenian. He said that he was invited to "have a good job in the US".


Waiting for overseas work life was a lawsuit against Tesla and others. There, the dark side of foreign workers working in the United States is revealed.


# 1: Inexplicable visa


Mr. Rescink has no experience of being hired as an electrician in Slovenia in his country.


Mr. Lesink received a work placement in the United States to Slovenia construction company Vuzem.


International companies in Germany and the UK supported Leshink's migration to America.


Such European companies will arrange a B1 / B2 visa to be handled for short term work for people with special qualifications and skills.


What is the role of Ms. Rescink who arranged the B1 / B2 visa ... ...


A supervisor (supervisor) of the electric department / machine division for factory introduction


However, Mr. Lesink did not work as a supervisor at Tesla.


He said he was engaged in simple labor to assemble an iron frame for factory setting.


In the US immigration law, travelers on B1 / B2 visas are prohibited from doing such physical labor.


# 2: Too cheap wages


Mr. Rescink said foreign laborers worked 10 hours a week for 6 days.


Sometimes I returned on holiday and it worked for a lot more time.


The reason we were getting for that was only 5 dollars per hour (550 yen)


The average wage paid at equivalent work in the Bay Area is $ 52 per hour (about 5,700 yen), so Mr. Lesink and his poor treatment of foreign workers are clear.


Even further unfortunately, Mr. Lesink is hit by an accident while working in the factory.


Mr. Leschink, who was working on the roof, dropped from a height of 30 feet (about 9 meters) high. Mr. Rescink who broke his legs and ribs and stroked his head strongly fainted, and when he regained consciousness he seemed to be being taken into hospital by his colleagues.


After the accident, Mr. Leschink who was unable to work was pressured to return to Vuzem.


However, Mr. Lesink decided to hire a lawyer and decide to fight.


Mr. Rescink filed an action seeking damages for accidents against Tesla and temporary staffs for more than 100 foreign workers who are in the same circumstances as theirs.


After that, my wife, who was conceiving at the time she left for migrant who had returned to Slovenia, said he was giving birth to a child.


# 3: Waiver of responsibility


Tesla with 6000 employees in the factory has the current status that it depends on external specialists to set up the factory.


According to Tesla, "It was not Tesla who employed Mr. Rescink." It is a claim that Mr. Rescink was hired by a construction contractor to undertake the factory establishment and that it is not Tesla who is responsible for the accident.


Meanwhile, Eisenmann, a contractor who has contracted a factory from Tesla, insists that "it was a subcontractor who hired Mr. Leschke."


And, a subcontractor, Vuzem, rejects Mr. Rescink's claim and denies its own responsibility. In other words, no one will take responsibility.


A new model car that can be bought for 4 million yenModel 3In the announcement of TeslaAn unexpected reservation application is rushingdoing.


Receiving a large number of reservations, in mass-production of Model 3, foreign workers are likely to play an important role more and more.


· Additional notes 2016/08/04 12: 39
Tesla acknowledged that what is written in the article of Mercury News is wrong and clarifies the posture to improve the working environment including subcontractors from now on. Regarding the employment of Mr. Rescink, there is no problem with Tesla and Tesla is not liable for Mr. Leschin's injury, but he says he will care for workers including Mr. Rescink.

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