{"id":2140972,"date":"2024-01-04T21:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-sues-us-agency-that-accused-it-of-firing-workers-critical-of-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T21:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T02:34:04","slug":"spacex-sues-us-agency-that-accused-it-of-firing-workers-critical-of-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-sues-us-agency-that-accused-it-of-firing-workers-critical-of-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX sues US agency over allegations of firing critical workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspacex-sues-us-agency-that-accused-it-of-firing-workers-critical-of-elon-musk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2140972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>January 4, 2024 \u2013 5:26 PM EST<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Rocket and satellite maker \u2062SpaceX is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-m-widower-sues-alburquerque-over-sanctuary-city-policy\/\" title=\"N.M. widower sues Alburquerque over sanctuary city policy\">taking legal action<\/a> against a U.S. labor board to halt its case accusing the company of wrongfully terminating\u200c employees who criticized CEO Elon Musk. \u2064The employees referred\u200c to Musk as &#8220;a distraction and embarrassment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2062lawsuit filed in Brownsville, \u200dTexas federal \u200bcourt, \u200bSpaceX argues that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which lodged a complaint against the \u200dcompany, violates the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The NLRB claims that SpaceX violated federal labor law by firing eight workers in 2022 for signing \u200bthe critical letter, which\u200d accused Musk of making sexist\u200c remarks that contradicted company policies. The \u200bcase will be heard by an administrative\u200d judge\u200d and a five-member board appointed by the U.S. president. \u2063Decisions\u200c made by the board can be appealed in federal court.<\/p>\n<p>However, SpaceX contends in its lawsuit that \u200bthe NLRB&#8217;s structure is unconstitutional because \u2064federal\u2062 law only allows\u2064 for the removal of board members and administrative\u200b judges for cause, not at will.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dlawsuit aims to prevent the NLRB case from proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the NLRB \u2062declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX previously used a similar strategy to halt \u200ban administrative case by the U.S. \u2063Department of Justice, which accused the company of unlawfully refusing to\u2064 hire refugees and asylum recipients.<\/p>\n<p>In November, a federal judge in Brownsville, \u2062where the current case was filed, paused the administrative case pending the outcome of SpaceX&#8217;s lawsuit. The judge ruled \u200bthat administrative judges \u200dat the Justice Department must be appointed by the president, \u200bnot the attorney \u2062general as currently \u200dpracticed, in accordance with the\u200d U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c NLRB is\u2064 already facing a similar lawsuit from a Starbucks Corp employee who opposed \u2064the unionization of\u2063 the New York store where she works. The worker sued \u200dthe board in October after her petition \u200bfor an election to \u2062dissolve the union was denied. \u2064The \u200bagency has not yet responded to that lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting by \u2064Daniel Wiessner in Albany,\u200b New \u200cYork, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Sonali Paul<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t<strong>Share this\u2063 post!<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>5 Illinois\u200c Voters think Trump is a bigger problem than\u2064 High Profile Pedos\u200d and Mark Cuban bows down to DEI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>On New Year\u2019s\u200b Day, over 700,000 illegal immigrants in California \u2062became eligible \u2064for Medi-Cal health benefits, regardless of immigration status.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Denise Aguilar, a California mom, activist, and co-founder \u2064of Freedom Angels, has been fighting for parental rights in the state for 10 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Democrat leaders are struggling to handle the increasing influx\u2063 of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-orders-investigation-into-alien-holding-facilities-amid-reports-of-poor-conditions\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott orders investigation into alien holding facilities amid reports of poor conditions\">illegal aliens entering<\/a> our country from the Southern \u2062Border.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>SpaceX is taking legal action against a U.S. labor\u200c board to prevent \u200cthe company from being accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daily-feed-1-4-24\/\" title=\"Daily Update 1\/4\/24\">wrongfully terminating employees<\/a> who criticized CEO Elon Musk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming \u2062a household name even before 2023 kicked off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Apple&#8217;s shares \u200dfell nearly 3% to a seven-week low after Barclays downgraded them due\u2062 to concerns about weak demand for \u200bits \u200bdevices in\u200d 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Bitcoin surged past $45,000 for the first time since April 2022, driven by optimism surrounding the potential approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-st-kicks-off-2024-on-a-dull-note-as-yields-rise-apple-dips\/\" title=\"Wall Street starts 2024 on a lackluster note with rising yields and Apple's decline\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What is\u200d the reason behind SpaceX filing a lawsuit against the National Labor Relations Board?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  > SpaceX Files Lawsuit\u200c Against National Labor Relations Board<\/p>\n<p>January 4, 2024 \u2013 5:26 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Reuters\u2062 reports that SpaceX, the renowned rocket \u2062and satellite manufacturer, has taken legal action against the National Labor Relations \u200dBoard \u200c(NLRB)\u200c to halt a case accusing \u200dthe company of \u2063wrongfully terminating employees who criticized CEO Elon Musk. The employees referred \u2064to Musk as \u2064&#8221;a distraction and embarrassment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a lawsuit filed in Brownsville, Texas federal\u2062 court,\u2062 SpaceX argues that the NLRB violates the U.S. Constitution. The NLRB claims that\u2063 the company violated federal labor law \u2064by firing eight workers in 2022 for signing a letter\u200c that criticized Musk for making sexist remarks conflicting\u2063 with company policies. The case will be \u200cheard by an administrative judge and a five-member \u2064board appointed by the U.S. president.\u200b Any decisions made by the board \u2064can be appealed in \u200cfederal court.<\/p>\n<p>However, SpaceX contends in its lawsuit that the structure of the NLRB is unconstitutional because federal law\u200b only allows for the removal of \u2063board members and \u200badministrative judges for cause, not at will.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of \u2062the lawsuit is to prevent the NLRB\u2063 case \u2064from proceeding. A \u2064spokesperson for the NLRB declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 is not the first\u2064 time \u200cSpaceX\u200d has\u2062 used legal action to halt an administrative case. Previously, they successfully paused\u2063 an administrative case by the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused\u200c the company of unlawfully refusing to hire refugees and asylum recipients.<\/p>\n<p>In November, a federal judge in \u2064Brownsville, where the current\u200b case\u2064 was\u200c filed, \u200bpaused the administrative case pending the outcome of SpaceX&#8217;s lawsuit. The judge ruled that administrative judges \u2062at the Justice Department must be appointed by the president, \u200cnot \u200cthe attorney general as currently\u200c practiced, in accordance with\u200d the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the NLRB is already facing a similar lawsuit from a Starbucks Corp employee who opposes the unionization \u2063of\u200b the \u200cNew \u200dYork store where she works. \u200cThe worker sued the board\u2064 in October\u2063 after\u200b her petition to dissolve the union was denied. The \u200dagency has not \u200dyet \u2062responded to that lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Reporting by Daniel\u200c Wiessner \u200cin Albany, New York, Editing by\u200d Alexia\u200c Garamfalvi and Sonali Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 4, 2024, SpaceX filed a lawsuit against a U.S. labor board to prevent a case where the company is accused of wrongfully terminating employees who criticized CEO Elon Musk as a &#8220;distraction and embarrassment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1911,"featured_media":2140973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2140973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}