Musk doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to managing employees. Under his leadership at Tesla, the company has quashed union efforts by warehouse workers, faced racial discrimination lawsuits and dismissed employee concerns about returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you look at the linked article about the "union" beef, Musk addresses his employees' grievances very generously and openly. The "racial discrimination lawsuits" are as bootless as the usual claims of "racism" fouling our society, and he is being rational in the face of coof hysteria.
In short, Musk appears pretty "based," and is becoming my culture hero. The absolutely insane attacks on him from the usual suspects rather cement his wholesome ethical position, in my opinion.
I agree that employees of any big outfit can and should lobby management for improvements in conditions and pay without organizing into unions. Labor unions hurt relations because of their bureaucratic structure, their political obligations to other unions, and the tendency of cabals of power-mad leftists to take over and involve the rank-and-file in causes that go against their inclinations.
Unions had their time and place, back at the turn of the century when nobody was going to improve work conditions without an organized effort. Now they're just a money laundering scheme for the lefts political machine.
Please don't put him on a pedestal man. He's useful to our cause, but Elon is Elon. He'll do stuff to help himself and his idea of humanity.
I'd argue Musk is just pragmatic. It's not sustainable for Musk if Twitter gets worse and that's why he bought it, and it just so happens to benefit all of us in the proess.
If you look at the linked article about the "union" beef, Musk addresses his employees' grievances very generously and openly. The "racial discrimination lawsuits" are as bootless as the usual claims of "racism" fouling our society, and he is being rational in the face of coof hysteria.
In short, Musk appears pretty "based," and is becoming my culture hero. The absolutely insane attacks on him from the usual suspects rather cement his wholesome ethical position, in my opinion.
Why not give your employees what they want and squash the union? Unions do nothing but disrupt work and line the pockets of union bosses.
I agree that employees of any big outfit can and should lobby management for improvements in conditions and pay without organizing into unions. Labor unions hurt relations because of their bureaucratic structure, their political obligations to other unions, and the tendency of cabals of power-mad leftists to take over and involve the rank-and-file in causes that go against their inclinations.
Unions had their time and place, back at the turn of the century when nobody was going to improve work conditions without an organized effort. Now they're just a money laundering scheme for the lefts political machine.
I pretty much agree about their former usefulness, but don't know anything about the money laundering angle.
All anyone has to do to get the low-down on labor unions is watch "On the Waterfront" or a documentary on Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters.
Please don't put him on a pedestal man. He's useful to our cause, but Elon is Elon. He'll do stuff to help himself and his idea of humanity.
I'd argue Musk is just pragmatic. It's not sustainable for Musk if Twitter gets worse and that's why he bought it, and it just so happens to benefit all of us in the proess.
I agree that skepticism is more prudent than gushing about Musk, but his takeover and his statements about free speech have made me enthusiastic.
Before joining team Musk wait until the deal goes through (still an 'if') and if it does wait to see if he actually does whay he's saying he'll do.