Laid off Tesla employees

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Source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20240723-0

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an award of more than $1 million to Texas to provide employment and training services for people affected by the permanent layoffs at the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin.

Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, the award is the first increment of a National Dislocated Worker Grant of up to $3,230,050 to the Texas Workforce Commission. The funding allows the state to provide retraining and skills development for dislocated workers in Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis and Williamson counties.

Supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, National Dislocated Worker Grants provide a state or local board with funding for direct services and assistance in areas experiencing a major economic dislocation event that leads to workforce needs exceeding available resources.

Agency Employment and Training Administration
Date July 23, 2024
Release Number 24-1341-NAT

A TSLA stock holder, good to see something being done for these laid off workers.

Bob Wilson
 
Due to lower production, Tesla had two options:
  • keep the employees even though they were not busy
  • layoff the employees and Tesla remains in business
In General Electric, we had a contract problem that our costs were too high. To keep the contract, some employee were let go. But these were not the hyper productive. ones. We kept the contract and delivered our product.

Bob Wilson
 
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