The 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled Musk had broken federal labor laws by tweeting that Tesla workers would lose stock trading options if they joined a union.
A federal appeals court has ruled Elon Musk broke US labor laws by tweeting that Tesla workers would lose stock trading options if they joined a union.
The ruling, by the Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals, centered around a 2018 tweet Musk wrote after a Twitter user pressed him on what he thought of unions amid an organizing campaign by the United Auto Workers at Tesla’s Fremont, California plant. In 2021, The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found Musk had violated federal labor laws because of the tweet, which the appeals court upheld on Friday.
The offending tweet, which is still online despite the court ordering for its removal, reads: “Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union.
