The United Auto Employees (UAW) is submitting federal labor prices in opposition to Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former president Donald Trump. Throughout a joint convention on Monday night on the social media platform X (previously Twitter), the UAW stated that Musk and Trump used language meant to “threaten and intimidate” staff.
“You are the best cutter,” Trump stated to Musk in the course of the two-hour dialog. “I take a look at what you do. You stroll in, you say, ‘You wish to stop?’ They go on strike.” Trump continued, “I gained’t point out the identify of the corporate, however they go on strike and also you say, ‘That’s okay, you’re all gone. You’re all gone. So, each considered one of you is gone.'”
The UAW notes that it’s unlawful to fireplace staff underneath federal labor legislation whereas it is usually unlawful to threaten staff who plan to strike underneath the Nationwide Labor Relations Act. UAW President Shawn Fain stated in an announcement that this sort of language in opposition to staff is “disgusting, unlawful, and completely predictable from these two clowns.”
The UAW and President Shawn Fain have been essential of Trump not too long ago. Fain famous in a video on Monday that, “Donald Trump is all discuss, however Kamala Harris has delivered for auto staff.” In that very same video, the UAW endorsed Kamala Harris for President of the USA.
