SpaceX is going through a grievance from the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that alleges the corporate illegally fired workers for writing an open letter that criticized CEO Elon Musk.
Within the grievance filed on Wednesday, the NLRB accuses SpaceX of interrogating employees about their involvement with the letter and advised workers to not focus on these interviews. NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado advised Reuters that SpaceX violated the federal proper of employees to collectively push for higher situations.
The labor company claims SpaceX “created an impression of surveillance” by studying and exhibiting screenshots of messages between workers, including that the corporate tried to forestall workers from handing out the open letter. SpaceX additionally allegedly “invited workers to give up 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 put in writing letters of apology to every of the workers it fired, amongst different issues. A listening to with an NLRB administrative legislation decide (ALJ) is scheduled for March fifth, 2024, offered that SpaceX doesn’t attempt to settle the fees. No matter resolution the decide makes could be appealed to the board and brought to the federal appeals court docket.
