[HN Gopher] Tesla workers report explosions, concussions and rob... ___________________________________________________________________ Tesla workers report explosions, concussions and robot injuries at Texas factory Author : lsllc Score : 27 points Date : 2023-11-22 22:32 UTC (27 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.theverge.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com) | Waterluvian wrote: | I once visited the Fremont factory for a week and was required to | do safety training. The person went on about how the training is | only in English and you must know English to complete it. He had | everyone say hi and something about themselves and about 1/3 | didn't speak any English. He just decided to keep going anyways | and everyone completed safety training. | | I'm not sure how typical that is in the industry. I wouldn't be | surprised to learn that it's totally normal. | paulryanrogers wrote: | OSHA asleep at the wheel? | ggm wrote: | During the early 19th Century Ford paid for mandatory language | lessons, to make cheaper immigrant labour viable in his plant. | (he was remarkably "socialist" at times, for an avowed racist | nazi-supporting anti-unionist providing high quality housing | and out-bidding his competitors on wages. Strange man.) | | During the worst periods of South African apartheid, the mining | industry had it's own lingua franca which it taught all migrant | workers coming into the deep mines. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-22 23:00 UTC)