(Reuters) – Tesla Inc has filed an appeal against a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board that the electric car maker had violated US labor law and on the agency’s order that it CEO Elon Musk removed a tweet from the account.
The electric car maker filed a petition Friday with the New Orleans-based United States Court of Appeals to review the NLRB’s decision and order issued on March 25.
In the petition, Tesla asked the court to review the order and grant Tesla “whatever other relief the court deems fair and just.”
Last month, the NRLB directed Tesla to direct Musk to remove the tweet and to post an advisory addressing the illegal tweet at all of its facilities across the country and including language that says “WE WILL TAKE appropriate steps to ensure that Musk comply with our directive. “
In the 2018 tweet, Musk wrote: “Nothing is stopping the Tesla team at our car plant from stopping voting for the union. I could do it tmrw if they wanted. But why pay union dues and give up stock options for nothing? Our safety record is 2 times better than when the plant was UAW and everyone already receives medical care. “
The NLRB also directed Tesla to offer the reinstatement of a former employee and to rescind the 2017 rules prohibiting the distribution of union literature in its parking lot about non-work time and the rules prohibiting the distribution of union stickers, brochures and pamphlets without first. obtain permission.
Report of Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru; edit by Diane Craft