March 29 (Reuters) – United Auto Workers (UAW) President Ray Curry said Tuesday he has had no discussions with Tesla or its Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk about a potential union vote by workers at the electric-car maker’s California factory.
On March 3, Musk tweeted he was inviting the “UAW to hold a union vote at their convenience. Tesla will do nothing to stop them.”
Curry said at an online press event that Tesla could drop an appeal of a U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruling that it violated U.S. labor law and “reinstate some workers who were actually terminated. … That would be a good-faith effort if they were interested in having that type of exchange.” (Reporting by Joseph White and David Shepardson; editing by Jonathan Oatis)