Tesla Fremont Factory

SF Weekly, the Bay Area’s muckraking newspaper, today published an exposé about poor health and work conditions at Tesla’s Fremont plant. One Tesla factory worker said, “This is a life and death situation.” Another worker, who refused to return to work, said, “It’s a modern-day sweatshop.” Unfortunately, we’ve heard similarly harsh words from Tesla non-unionized employees, who helped build the company into a major success.

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Bloomberg reports this afternoon that Tesla is calling some workers back to its US assembly plant in Fremont starting next week. The move to get workers back to work would be before Bay Area stay-at-home orders are lifted. The region’s health orders are in effect until at least May 3, but Tesla staff working in paint and stamping operations was called back for April 29.

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A fire started at Tesla Fremont Factory earlier this evening, according to the local fire department.

The cause and extent of the damages are unknown at this point and the efforts to control the fire are still ongoing at the time of writing.

Update: The fire has now been extinguished, said the Fremont Fire Department
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Following up after his interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Youtuber Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD) has now released a new video where he walks through Tesla’s Fremont factory with Musk.
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) has been leading efforts to unionize Tesla’s Fremont factory for the better part of two years.

Now we learn that the union has spent over $400,000 last year alone on its “Tesla Campaign”.
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Tesla’s Fremont factory, which was already massive, has been growing over the last year as the automaker is ramping its Model 3 production.

Now a new drone flyover of the massive factory gives us an updated look at the plant.
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Since a first publicized effort in February, the United Auto Workers (UAW) has been trying to unionize Tesla’s factory in Fremont. Last month, they cranked up the pressure and enlisted local groups to push for the union and now Tesla is proactively coming out with a press release claiming that UAW is organizing a media push over claims of safety issues at the factory.
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Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California is growing faster than ever these days in preparation for the start of Model 3 production. The number of employees at the plant is expected to grow from 6,000 to 9,000 due to the current expansion.

In order to fill some of the hundreds of positions currently listed, Tesla is turning to Mexico for the recruitment of manufacturing engineers.
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Tesla plans for the launch of the Model 3 to increase its overall production by a factor of 3 by the end of the year. The company has been betting on several expansions around its Fremont factory in order to prepare for the production ramp up.

In December, the city of Fremont approved important expansion plans submitted by Tesla, which the automaker refers to as ‘Tesla Master Plan’, back in October. The plan includes the addition of several new buildings that will almost double the size of the already giant electric vehicle factory – 5.3 million square feet to 9.9 million square feet.

Additionally, the company just finalized a lease for 3 massive warehouses located 20 miles from the Fremont plant and adding 1.3 million square feet to its operational space in the Bay Area.
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The United Auto Workers has been trying to unionize Tesla’s growing workforce at the Fremont factory for a while now. Last year, UAW President Dennis Williams said that they were “respecting Tesla’s startup status” up until now, but they are seeking to get involved now that Tesla is increasing its production capacity with the Model 3.

Using similar language, a Tesla employee published a blog post today to get the ball rolling again. In a statement to Electrek, Tesla said that it plans to continue “engaging directly with employees” instead. 
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Tesla confirmed in a statement to Electrek today that it plans to “pause” production for a week this month at the Fremont factory in order to install equipment for Model 3 production.

The company doesn’t expect that it will affect its production for the first quarter 2017 since it “added production days to compensate.”
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Last night, the city of Fremont approved important expansion plans submitted by Tesla, which the automaker refers to as ‘Tesla Master Plan’, back in October. The plan includes the addition of several new buildings that will almost double the size of the already giant electric vehicle factory – 5.3 million square feet to 9.9 million square feet.
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Tesla recently submitted plans with the city of Fremont to almost double the size of its vehicle factory, which is already massive as beautifully illustrated through these stunning new shots, including a 360-degree image.
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Tesla submitted a new ‘Master Plan’ to the city of Fremont in order to add twelve new buildings around the factory, which could almost double in size, ahead of a massive production increase to satisfy the demand for the Model 3.
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