Tesla has been accused of hiring a cheap , foreign labour force , made up of 140 Eastern European workers , to build a car - painting facility in California . The report claims Tesla paid these workers as little as $ 5 per hour and did not provide them with any workers ’ rights . Tesla CEO , Elon Musk , responded to the report via email , stating : “ Only knows about this today . Sounds like the wrong thing happened on many levels . Will investigate and make it right . ”
Tesla has been accused of using a cheap, foreign labour force, made up of 140 Eastern European workers, to build a car-painting facility in California. The report claims Tesla paid these workers as little as $5 per hour and did not provide them with any workers protection rights. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, responded to the report via Twitter, stating: “Only heard about this today. Sounds like the wrong thing happened on many levels. Will investigate and make it right.”