SpaceX is suing the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the company accused the Elon Musk-owned firm of illegally firing staff. In a lawsuit filed in federal court docket Thursday, SpaceX claims the NLRB’s actions are unconstitutional.
On Wednesday, the NLRB filed a criticism alleging that SpaceX illegally fired a gaggle of staff for writing an open letter criticizing Musk’s conduct. The NLRB additionally alleges that SpaceX questioned staff about their involvement within the letter and inspired staff to give up in the event that they participated in organized actions.
Now SpaceX is responding with a lawsuit that claims the open letter was a “distraction to SpaceX staff throughout the nation.” It claims the NLRB proceedings, which contain a listening to earlier than an NLRB administrative legislation choose (ALJ), violate SpaceX’s “constitutional proper to a jury trial.” The corporate additionally accuses the NLRB of violating the Structure’s separation of powers guidelines, saying the company’s construction “is miles away from the normal understanding” of the idea. The NLRB declined to remark.
SpaceX is asking the court docket to strike down the provisions proscribing the removing of NLRB members and ALJs as unconstitutional, and to declare that the NLRB proceedings deprive SpaceX of its due course of rights. They’re additionally asking the court docket to cease the present proceedings. A listening to is scheduled earlier than an NLRB ALJ on March 5, 2024, however there’s an choice to attraction the choice to the board after which to a federal appeals court docket.