In a letter to the attorneys of the former employees, the labour board cited a recent opinion issued by a separate agency, the National Mediation Board, arguing that SpaceX engineers belonged under its jurisdiction rather than the NLRB’s.
(Feb 10): The US labour board is abandoning a years-long legal battle against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signalling it will steer clear of future cases against the company.
Two years after issuing a complaint accusing the aerospace firm of firing eight engineers because of their involvement in an open letter criticising Musk, the National Labor Relations Board said it was dismissing the case.
