According to a news article by CNBC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has accused X, the company owned by Elon Musk (previously known as Twitter), of violating labor laws by firing an employee who criticized the company. After Musk’s takeover in October, he threatened to terminate workers who did not return to in-person office work. When employee Yao Yue urged colleagues in the company’s Slack to let the company fire them instead of resigning, she was terminated for breaking an unspecified company policy.
The complaint filed by the NLRB alleges that X prevented employees from exercising their legal labor rights. Yue believes she was laid off in retaliation for her actions in organizing her co-workers to challenge the company later on more solid legal grounds. This incident is not the first legal issue faced by X, as former employees had previously filed a lawsuit in July over the company’s alleged refusal to pay for arbitration, which a judge had already deemed to be contractually required in January. The lawsuit claimed that X had not provided employees with proper notice under federal and state laws when it initiated mass layoffs in November of the previous year.
In summary, X, owned by Elon Musk, is being accused by the NLRB of violating labor laws by firing an employee who criticized the company. The NLRB complaint alleges that the company prevented workers from exercising their legal labor rights. This incident follows a previous lawsuit filed by former employees over X’s refusal to pay for arbitration and improper notice given during mass layoffs.
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