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U.S. labor judge rules that Tesla broke labor law
Source: Reuters
BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 / 8:06 PM / UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
U.S. labor judge rules that Tesla broke labor law
(Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc interfered with legitimate union organizing and must read a notice to workers explaining their rights in a meeting requiring attendance from Chief Executive Elon Musk, a U.S. labor judge ruled on Friday.
The company committed a series of violations of the National Labor Relations Act in 2017 and 2018, Amita Baman Tracy, a California administrative law judge ruled in a court filing.
Among the violations of the law cited in the filing was a tweet sent by Musk in May 2018.
"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 wrote in the tweet bit.ly/2nR14f9 from last year.
The tweet amounted to “threatening employees” with loss of stock options if they vote in favor of the union, the judge said in her ruling on Friday.
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U.S. labor judge rules that Tesla broke labor law
(Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc interfered with legitimate union organizing and must read a notice to workers explaining their rights in a meeting requiring attendance from Chief Executive Elon Musk, a U.S. labor judge ruled on Friday.
The company committed a series of violations of the National Labor Relations Act in 2017 and 2018, Amita Baman Tracy, a California administrative law judge ruled in a court filing.
Among the violations of the law cited in the filing was a tweet sent by Musk in May 2018.
"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 wrote in the tweet bit.ly/2nR14f9 from last year.
The tweet amounted to “threatening employees” with loss of stock options if they vote in favor of the union, the judge said in her ruling on Friday.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-labor/u-s-labor-judge-rules-that-tesla-broke-labor-law-idUSKBN1WD003