At Tesla’s gigafactory, a larger battle over worker pay

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Framing of Tesla Motors’ new factory under construction is visible June 14, 2015, behind a security gate on Electric Avenue at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center about 15 miles east of Sparks along U.S. Interstate 80.

The Washington Post

Thursday, March 3, 2016 | 11:13 a.m.

On Monday, hundreds of workers walked off their jobs at the giant battery factory that Tesla Motors is building in the desert outside Reno, Nev. It wasn't your typical picket: They weren't protesting bad working conditions, or making a show of force around contract negotiations. Rather, they were protesting other workers — specifically, the fact that they were from somewhere else.

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