"The National Labor Review Board (NLRB) has dropped a case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight employees who criticized the company's CEO Elon Musk, The New York Times. The employees were originally fired in 2022 after circulating a letter that referenced reports of Musk's sexual misconduct and called the executive "a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment." The NLRB filed a complaint claiming the firing was illegal in 2024."
"Amazon has previously claimed that the board's structure "violates the separation of powers," a critique the company has made even more recently about the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The NLRB dismissed its SpaceX case following an even more unusual line of argument, though: that regulating SpaceX actually fell under the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board, the government agency that handles mediation in the airline and railway industries."
Eight SpaceX employees were fired in 2022 after circulating a letter that referenced reports of Elon Musk's sexual misconduct and called him "a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment." The NLRB filed a complaint in 2024 alleging the firings were illegal. SpaceX initially contested the NLRB's authority and later argued that oversight belongs to the National Mediation Board because SpaceX allows public booking of space flights and operates under a Federal Aviation Administration license. The National Mediation Board upheld that view in January, and the NLRB subsequently dismissed its case. Elon Musk has donated over $250 million to Donald Trump's campaign and briefly served as a special government employee overseeing government efficiency.
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