Court rules Elon Musk broke federal labor law with 2018 tweet

Elon Musk broke US labor law in 2018 when he tweeted Tesla factory workers would forgo stock options if they chose to unionize, according to a federal appeals court. On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision spotted by Business Insider , upheld a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that found Musk made unlawful threats around employee compensation. In May 2018, a Twitter user asked Musk about his stance on unions. "Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from vot...