ELON MUSK“Take Back Tesla:” Unions and corporate watchdogs launch campaign against Musk’s 2025 pay package

Teslarati ^ | 10/22/2025 | Simin Alvarez

[SmokingJoe]

A new shareholder campaign is calling for Tesla investors to vote against Elon Musk’s proposed 2025 CEO Performance Award, arguing it would deepen governance risks and weaken corporate accountability.

Ahead of Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings report, a coalition of unions and watchdogs launched the “Take Back Tesla” initiative, urging investors to reject Musk’s pay proposal at next month’s annual meeting. The plan would grant the CEO additional shares worth nearly $1 trillion over ten years, expanding his ownership stake in the company to about 25%.

Unions and watchdogs argue that Elon Musk’s proposed plan rewards distraction 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.

As could be seen on the campaign’s website, the groups are arguing that Musk’s focus on political ventures and external businesses has distracted him from leading Tesla. The group’s website called Musk’s new CEO Performance Award “outrageous” as it involves an amount of wealth that is unreachable even by today’s top executives.

[SmokingJoe]

In reality, the only thing these far left unions are worried about is a Musk with a Trillion dollar net worth teaming up with Trump/J D Vance. That will be a force that will be hard to beat. Tesla doesn't even have unions so what are these unions crying about? Plus this award to Musk depends on Tesla attaining a market cap of 8 1/2 Trillion dollars in just 10 years, a near impossible task.

[asinclair]

The George Soros of the right?

[SmokingJoe]

No.

[isthisnickcool]

He’s going to be the first US trillionaire if they don’t off him first.

[healy61]

Screw the teacher’s union. And all the other communist.

[absalom01]

The deal on the table is all performance based. If the shareholders agree to the deal, and Musk delivers, they’ll be making many multiples vs. todays stock value.

If he doesn’t deliver, he doesn’t get paid.

So far this year in particular, Tesla has been a very good bet.

[jimtorr]

Take back Tesla, yes, take it back from shareholders whose primary motivation seems to be that Musk is a bad man.

[SmokingJoe]

Very tough targets to meet before he gets the money.
Meanwhile, he hasn't even been paid for 7 years because some crazy far left judge in Delaware canceled his last compensation package after he'd already met the very steep requirements, despite shareholders voting TWICE for it.
Democrats are lawless and will do anything to maintain power.

[ridesthemiles]

“TAKE BACK TESLA”???????

FROM WHOM???

MUSK STARTED IT
MUSK BUILT IT
MUSK CAN KEEP IT ALIVE

NOT A SINGLE STOCKHOLDER

IF THIS SINGLE STOCKHOLDER IS SO SMART——GO START YOUR OWN COMPANY