Elon Musk and SpaceX feel blowback over California funding
SpaceX wants $655,500 to train existing workers and hire new ones, but the state’s main union and other labour officials are not inclined to cough up
15 May 2020 - 16:57
Palo Alto/San Francisco — Labour leaders are calling for a California panel to reject a state funding request from Elon Musk’s SpaceX after the billionaire defied a San Francisco Bay area health order.
The state’s main union federation and other labour officials wrote to California’s employee training panel on Thursday to voice opposition to the $655,500 SpaceX is seeking to train existing workers and hire new ones. Their resistance could be pivotal, since half the eight-panel members ruling on the request on Friday are labour leaders...
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