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SeattleVet

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16. The state would allow his company to reopen...it's the county that's more strict.

Reply to stopbush (Reply #13)

Tue May 12, 2020, 04:58 PM

May 2020

Since UI is a state entity, Musk can claim that they could go back to work, but won't, and are thus ineligible. Sort of like what Georgia and other red 'reopen' states are pulling.

The way the state defined it, local governmental entities do have the power to make things tighter, so I don't think that Musk can force them back under this threat, since the workers are in compliance with the rules set by the county.

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And Elon Musk's reputation swirls further down the crapper... [View all] catbyte May 2020 OP

Telling them to go back to work, against law and their safety and life. Ya. My son used LizBeth May 2020 #1

Text book example of why billionaires need not exist, period. Moostache May 2020 #2

I love the innovation that Tesla and SpaceX are doing ragemage May 2020 #3

He seems to be another... wcmagumba May 2020 #4

Why would workers lose their unemployment if they obeyed the law in defiance stopbush May 2020 #5

Because in CA SoCalNative May 2020 #6

Not exactly true. UI is funded by a TAX imposed on employers by the state. stopbush May 2020 #8

Could he say they essentially quit which would render them ineligible for unemployment? catbyte May 2020 #10

That puts Musk in direct conflict with the state law that he is breaking. stopbush May 2020 #13

The state would allow his company to reopen...it's the county that's more strict. SeattleVet May 2020 #16

Seems like an easy lawsuit waiting to happen genxlib May 2020 #7

+1, along with NEA after a protected action of complaining about OSHA violations. Sounds like ... uponit7771 May 2020 #9

He's also been blathering about how CV-19 protections amount to "fascism." catbyte May 2020 #11

Heard that, there's something wrong with this cat uponit7771 May 2020 #12

He sounds like he is a narcissist. CentralMass May 2020 #14

K&R UTUSN May 2020 #15

Musk's logic is based on falsehoods Cicada May 2020 #17