NLRB Anti-Union Tweet Order and Fifth Circuit Reversal
Summary
The NLRB found Musk's May 2018 tweet ('Why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?') an unlawful threat and ordered it deleted. Tesla appealed to the Fifth Circuit.
Outcome
Favorable: in a 2024 en banc 9–8 decision, the Fifth Circuit ruled the deletion order violated First Amendment free speech and vacated that remedy.
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Reviewed Jun 10, 2026ElonFacts.org. (2026). NLRB Anti-Union Tweet Order and Fifth Circuit Reversal. Retrieved from https://elonfacts.org/record/nlrb-anti-union-tweet
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