Led by unions such as the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Communication Workers of America—and joined by public interest organizations like Public Citizen, Stop the Money Pipeline, Americans for Financial Reform, Ekō, and People’s Action Institute—the campaign is urging individuals to contact their pension and retirement fund managers and demand a “no” vote on Musk’s pay.
The Take Back Tesla campaign is backed by groups such as the American Federation of Teachers, Public Citizen, Americans for Financial Reform, Ekō, People’s Action, and Stop the Money Pipeline.
Top unions, such as the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Communications Workers of America (CWA), joined groups including Americans for Financial Reform, Ekō, People’s Action Institute, Public Citizen, and Stop the Money Pipeline for the new campaign against “Musk’s money grab.” As part of it, they launched the website TakeBackTesla.com.
Christine Chen Zinner is the former consumer policy counsel for the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund.
Mark Hays, Deputy Director of Crypto and Fintech Policy at the Washington advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform, told MarketWatch that this pardon reflects “corruption emanating from the White House” and “paints a dark picture of undue influence over U.S. politics.”
“This all paints a very dark picture of undue influence in American politics,” said Mark Hays, associate director of crypto and fintech policy at Americans for Financial Reform.