‘Stand up Tesla’: UAW uses layoffs to make unionization progress at Tesla

The United Auto Worker (UAW) is making progress at Tesla after the automaker's recent layoffs.

The UAW is using the layoffs to increase support for unionization at Tesla Gigafactory Texas.

A flyer spotted in a Gigafactory Texas bathroom encourages workers to share how the layoffs are affecting them

and to sign an authorization card to form a union at Tesla.

A top comment points out that being in a union does not prevent layoffs,

but emphasizes other reasons for unionizing.

The UAW's efforts at Tesla come amid a backdrop of recent battles against automakers in the US,

while Tesla's relationship with employees has been strained by layoffs and compensation reductions.