Tesla files a petition against U.S. labor board order | Reuters Apr 03 2021
"Tesla Inc has filed an appeal on a U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruling that the electric-car maker had violated U.S. labor law, and on the agency's order that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk delete a tweet from the account."
Good luck to the Nat'l Labor Relations Board trying to ignore the 1st Amendment. /S
Especially when they (likely deliberately) misinterpreted the tweet: It is
UNION POLICY that union autoworkers can't receive stock options. And the board also ignores the fact that Tesla workers voted down a recent attempt to unionize the Fremont factory.
Oh, did I mention that it was the
United Auto Workers (UAW) union that agreed to the previous shuttering of the (former)
NUMMI plant, back when it was a joint venture by Toyota/GM? Gotta protect those Union Jobs (in Michigan). That's how Tesla was able to buy the unused plant for on $50M (and bring back over 10K jobs to the Fremont plant).
Meanwhile (less than a year ago), the former president of the
UAW plead guilty to charges of
corruption. embezzlement, racketeering and tax evasion as part of a larger scandal over
union corruption (protecting no jobs btw).
Gary Jones, the United Auto Workers leader until last fall, is accused of embezzlement. A prosecutor spoke of a previous U.S. takeover of a union as a model.
www.nytimes.com
The Nat'l Labor Board is a political body with no final authority. That is reserved for the courts, which will render their judgement (based on actual facts and the law) in due course.
In the mean time, look for the
1st Amendment to be
unaffected.
Cheers!