Tesla Gets Second Shot at Labor Board Ruling on Elon Musk Tweet

July 24, 2023, 12:57 PM UTC

Tesla Inc. won another chance to challenge an NLRB decision that CEO Elon Musk illegally threatened workers by tweeting that they would lose stock options if they unionized.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 21 granted Tesla’s request for a rehearing en banc. The company asked the full appeals court to consider the case after three-judge panel in May upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling.

The NLRB ordered Tesla in March 2022 to direct Musk to delete the offending tweet, which was first posted in May 2018. The company hasn’t taken down the tweet as ...

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