SpaceX is dealing with a grievance from the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that alleges the corporate illegally fired staff for writing an open letter that criticized CEO Elon Musk.
Within the grievance filed on Wednesday, the NLRB accuses SpaceX of interrogating staff about their involvement with the letter and advised staff to not focus on these interviews. NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado advised Reuters that SpaceX violated the federal proper of staff to collectively push for higher situations.
The labor company claims SpaceX “created an impression of surveillance” by studying and exhibiting screenshots of messages between staff, including that the corporate tried to stop staff from handing out the open letter. SpaceX additionally allegedly “invited staff to stop and threatened discharge” in the event that they participated in organized actions.
The NLRB is asking SpaceX to submit a discover about worker rights for 120 days and desires the corporate to jot down letters of apology to every of the staff it fired, amongst different issues. A listening to with an NLRB administrative regulation decide (ALJ) is scheduled for March fifth, 2024, supplied that SpaceX doesn’t attempt to settle the fees. No matter determination the decide makes could be appealed to the board and brought to the federal appeals court docket.
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