Le patron de Tesla, Elon Musk (Image: Getty Images)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was offended by not being invited to the White House Thursday by Joe Biden for an event dedicated to the electric car, but one for the three manufacturers associated with the major car federation.
“I’m not saying it’s vandalism. But that’s vandalism,” reads a photo of a man with a skeptical expression that Elon Musk tweeted, in response to a CNBC video.
Le dirigeant de Tesla, constructeur automobile 100% electrique, semble ainsi s’étonner de ne pas faire partie des invités à la cérémonie de la Maison-Blanche, organisée jeudi après-midi par le président américain pouracin pouracin un coup dé electric car.
Today, the three largest employers of the UAW (United Auto Workers, powerful auto union of America, editor’s note) and UAW President who will stand shoulder to shoulder with Joe Biden, the White House reacted, Jen Psaki during his daily press conference.
Did the White House knowingly decide to exclude Elon Musk, a public opponent of the unions, from this event? “These are the three major players in the UAW. So I leave you to come to your own conclusion,” Jen Psaki, during the press conference, replied.
Tesla has a long-running dispute with the UAW, which filed a complaint in 2017, accusing the group of firing workers over their union sympathies. And last March, the US Agency for Labor Law (NLRB) issued a decision unfavorable to the manufacturer.
Joe Biden is always keen on the promise of “well-paying jobs and unions,” which is why he rallied the powerful UAW union to his initiative in favor of electric cars.
However, Jen Psaki noted that she “didn’t expect this to be the last time we’d be talking about clean cars (…) and we look forward to having a group of partners in this effort.”
“We of course applaud the efforts of automakers who recognize the potential of the electric vehicle in the future and support efforts that will help achieve the president’s goal. She also said that Tesla is definitely one of those companies.
