Threat or not? Elon Musk gets new hearing on tweet about Tesla workers' stock amid UAW union effort
A federal appeals court will reconsider its March ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened employees with a loss of stock options in a 2018 Twitter post
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday said it will reconsider its March ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Muskunlawfully threatened to take away employees' stock options in a 2018 Twitter post amid an organizing effort by the United Auto Workers union.
Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a National Labor Relations Board order to delete the tweet. The panel also upheld an order to rehire a fired Tesla employee, with back pay.
But Friday's brief order says a majority of the court's full-time judges have voted to hear the matter again — this time before the full court. The March ruling was vacated — snatching away, at least for now, a UAW legal victory.
The case arose amid UAW organizing efforts at a Tesla facility in Fremont, California, and years before Musk bought the platform in 2022.
