SpaceX firings likely violate US labor law, experts say On Friday, SpaceX fired a group of employees involved in crafting an open letter to corporate leaders that criticized CEO Elon Musk — and labor lawyers now say the firings may have violated US labor law. The letter circulated Thursday calling for stronger anti-harassment policies at SpaceX and a more restrained Twitter presence from Musk. At least five employees were fired shortly after the letter was published. It’s unclear whether any of the fired employees will try to file suit with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). But if they do, lawyers say they will have a strong case. “To be covered, an action has to be concerted (certainly the case here) and it has to relate to working conditions,” says Charlotte Garden, a law professor at Seattle University who wrote about employee speech rights for the Economic Policy Institute earlier this year. The most difficult part of retaliation cases is often proving that an employee really was fired in retaliation for speaking up, but SpaceX has made it easy to show the connection. In her note to employees after the firings, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell made clear that the employees had been terminated specifically because of their involvement with the letter, which she characterized as “overreaching activism.” Even if SpaceX tried to deny it, the simple timing of the firings — coming less than 24 hours after the letter itself — makes the connection hard to ignore. “This could very much be seen as retaliation for speaking up,” says Mary Inman, a whistleblower attorney at Constantine Cannon. “What does this say to workers? It basically says, we don’t want to hear from you.” https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/...acex-letter-fired-legal-protected-speech-nlrb
OK, perhaps some form of discipline, or termination, was warranted if the unsolicited letters sent out were deemed disruptive. But I wouldn't characterize the reason for the firing as insubordination, in that case.
yeah, I wasn't really pressing insubordination in this particular case with my original comment. We don't know the specifics of what happened here. On the other hand, it is entirely possible that a manager may have told someone to stop circulating the petition and the person refused to do so. But again, we don't really know the specifics of the case.
Not surprising. Musk has a history of not taking criticism well. I’ve posted about them. I think there is some quote that said, listen to what a man said, but the truth is in what he does.
Twitter board recommends that shareholders vote in favor of Musk acquisition by Christopher Hutton, Breaking News Reporter | June 21, 2022 10:00 AM The board offered the recommendation in a Tuesday Securities and Exchange Commission filing with its full support. If the deal is to pass, shareholders will have to approve the decision in a likely early August vote. This vote would allow Musk to purchase each share at $54.20 and take the company private. "Twitter's Board of Directors, after considering the factors more fully described in the enclosed proxy statement, unanimously determined that the merger agreement is advisable and the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are fair to, advisable, and in the best interests of Twitter and its stockholders," the company said in the filing. The recommendation sent Twitter's shares up by 3.8%, according to the Street.
They can be mad but then they realized the cost of that vegan dog food for their French poodle is like $20 Starbucks vente Chai Lattes aren’t going to pay for themselves
No ****. Musk's offer is probably more than double the actual value of TWTR at this point. Of course they're going to vote to accept. The question now is whether Musk follows through. Frankly, this will probably end up in court in Delaware at this rate given that Musk will probably try and back out given how out of whack the offer is relative to the actual value of TWTR.
Because twitter's board is a bunch of wokesters and not a group of businessmen looking to make a company profitable
