TESLA SUBCONTRACTORS

The scandal of the day is how Tesla saved money when building a paint shop by using a contractor who brought in H-1B workers.

The foreign workers were not paid the prevailing union wage, nor were they paid for their amazing overtime hours. It does not look like they bothered to buy worker's compensation insurance.

This is more than an indictment of the H-1B worker program.

Now Tesla has a real problem. May I suggest that the attorneys bringing suit against Tesla request copies of ALL federal, state, and local grant, tax subsidy, etc. contracts and other documents. Be CERTAIN that all parts of the contracts are present.

I would be really surprised if most, if not all, of the grants, subsidies, etc. did not include clauses that require Tesla AND ITS CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO PAY PREVAILING UNION WAGES.

As we move into an economy where construction and service jobs are more important than manufacturing, we have to insure that construction and service workers are treated fairly and paid correctly.

Did you know that The Donald also uses H-1B and other programs to bring in foreign workers? It is said that he got his start in New York by not paying Polish workers to tear down a building where he then built Trump Towers.