Tesla Illegally Told Staff to Not Discuss Pay or Working Conditions, US Labor Board Alleges
- Tesla told staff not to discuss conditions or discipline: NLRB
- Automaker has previously denied accusations of labor violation
A Tesla fan at the Tesla Inc. Gigafactor in Gruenheide, Germany.
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Tesla Inc. illegally coerced Florida employees by restricting them from discussing workplace issues, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint.
In a September filing on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, the agency’s Tampa regional director wrote that the automaker broke the law when it “told employees not to discuss their pay with other persons,” and not to discuss another employee’s termination. Tesla management also repeatedly “told employees not to complain to higher level managers” about working conditions, according to the filing, which Bloomberg News obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request.