This is not the first time that Tesla has faced complaints from the NLRB. In 2021, the agency found that the company had violated US labour laws by firing a union activist and threatening workers’ benefits. The NLRB ordered Tesla to rehire union activist Richard Ortiz and to remove all references to disciplinary action from his files. The agency also ordered Tesla CEO Elon Musk to delete a tweet that the court had deemed a threat to employees’ benefits if they joined a union. The tweet remains live and Tesla is currently appealing the NLRB’s ruling in court.
