{"id":6159,"date":"2019-09-28T03:54:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T08:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2019-09-28T03:54:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T08:54:54","slug":"labour-judge-rules-that-tesla-broke-labour-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6159","title":{"rendered":"Labour Judge Rules That Tesla Broke Labour Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tesla charging station is pictured during the media day for the Shanghai auto show in Shanghai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

(Reuters) – Electric carmaker Tesla Inc <TSLA<\/a>> interfered with legitimate union organising and must read a notice to workers explaining their rights in a meeting requiring attendance from Chief Executive Elon Musk, a U.S. labour judge ruled on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the violations of the law cited in the filing was a tweet sent by Musk in May 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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 http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nR14f9<\/a> from last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tweet amounted to “threatening employees” with loss of stock options if they vote in favour of the union, the judge said in her ruling on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruling has called on the electric carmaker to hold a meeting at its California assembly plant where either Musk or his agent must inform the workers that the National Labor Relations Board has concluded that Tesla broke the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on Friday’s ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, the company has been plagued by safety complaints brought by workers, allegations that Tesla denies. Workers have said that long hours and pressure to deliver vehicles quickly takes a toll, and some have pushed for a union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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