Elon Musk broke the law with a tweet about Tesla stock options, court rules
Elon Musk broke federal labor laws when he threatened to strip stock options from employees if they unionized, an appeals court has ruled.
The 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals upheld a previous ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that found Musk had made unlawful threats pertaining to employee remuneration.
The charge came in response to a 2018 tweet when Musk responded to a user who asked him about his views of unions. The action was brought by the United Auto Workers after staff tried to unionize at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California.
"Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tmrw if they wanted. But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing? Our safety record is 2X better than when plant was UAW & everybody already gets healthcare," Musk tweeted.
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