The underlying subtext here seems to be that the UAW would really love
to unionize the Tesla Fremont plant and they believe they've found
their opening. Firing a few hundred people out of 10,000 is not a
significant percentage but talking about it the right way can rile
people up. Seems like much
[ref
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Tesla-boned-axed-sacked-400-700-employees-engineers-managers-factory-workers-tp4688229.html
(Tesla sacked 400+ employees)
]
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/10/24/tesla-employees-protest-mass-firings-at-fremont.html
