SpaceX Sued for Laying Off 400 Workers Without Proper Notice or Wages

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http://valleywag.gawker.com/spacex-sued-for-laying-off-400-workers-without-proper-n-1618454323

On Monday former employees of SpaceX, Elon Musk's own private NASA, filed a proposed class action lawsuit. The complaint alleges that SpaceX "ordered the mass layoffs of between 200 and 400 workers" in late July without properly notifying them or paying the wages they were owed.

Law360 reports:

"Plaintiffs and other similarly situated employees also seek recovery of waiting time penalties as a result of defendants' failure to pay employees all wages due and owing at the time of their termination," the complaint says.

The plaintiffs allege that SpaceX's decision was "willful," according to the legal news site:

Among the fired workers were plaintiffs Bobby R. Lee and Bron Gatling, who worked as structural technicians in the company's Hawthorne facility. They claimed SpaceX's failure to pay the fired employees all wages earned before termination in accordance with the California Labor Code was willful.

I'll be so happy when people finally drop their illusions about St. Elon

[joshcryer]

1. Elon Musk is openly anti-union.

It's his biggest flaw because I don't think he understands the benefits his companies would have if they were pro-union.