The federal appeals court also orders Tesla to reinstate union advocate Richard Ortiz with back pay; Ortiz says he's looking forward to 'finish the job of forming a union.'
Elon Musk has been ordered by a US federal appeals court to delete an infamous 2018 Twitter post that contained a thinly veiled threat to Tesla workers who considered forming an union.
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana, ruled on March 31 that the billionaire must delete the tweet that suggested Tesla workers could lose stock options if they unionized and joined the UAW .UAW's efforts to unionize the EV maker's workersThe NLRB is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of most private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions.
Besides ordering Musk to delete the tweet, the federal court also ruled that Tesla must reinstate union advocate Richard Ortiz with back pay. The company had argued that he was terminated for lying in an investigation about his misconduct. In a statement released by the UAW, Ortiz said his"rights were finally vindicated," and said he would pick up where he left off when it comes to unionizing efforts."I look forward to returning to work at Tesla and working with my co-workers to finish the job of forming a union," he said.
According to US labor law, companies are allowed to express negative predictions on the consequences of unionizing, but bars them from threatening to punish employees for doing so. The NLRB lacks the authority to make companies pay punitive damages for violations, or to hold executives personally liable.More stories on controversial Elon Musk tweets
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