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Tesla says that worker walkout at Gigafactory site in Nevada isn't about mistreatment

Mar 1, 2016, 01:35 IST

Construction of the Tesla Gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada is shown February 18, 2015.REUTERS/James Glover II

Over 100 union construction workers have walked off of the job at Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada, Bloomberg's Dana Hull is reporting:

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However, the automaker's statement also emphasized that the walkout had nothing to do with the company's treatment of the workers.

The Gigafactory will get up to $1.25 billion in tax breaks over the next 20 years from the state of Nevada, as long as it employs 6,500 in-state workers, Bloomberg reported.

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