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全美汽车工人联合会(United Auto Workers)已对共和党总统提名候选人唐纳德·特朗普和特斯拉(Tesla)CEO埃隆·马斯克提起不公平劳工行为指控,因为两人此前在社交媒体上讨论了马斯克威胁解雇罢工工人的想法。
在周二向美国劳资关系委员会(National Labor Relations Board)提交的文件中,该工会组织指控两人干扰了可能希望行使加入工会权利的工人。美国劳资关系委员会称将对这些指控展开调查。工会的指控向该委员会提出了调查请求。
全美汽车工人联合会主席肖恩·费恩在一份声明中指责特朗普反劳工的立场。该工会组织支持民主党的贺锦丽。
费恩称:“特朗普和马斯克希望工人阶级坐下来闭上嘴,而且他们公开嘲笑这件事。”
特朗普竞选团队的高级顾问布莱恩·休斯称这些指控“愚蠢可笑”,是“无耻的政治噱头”,目的是削弱美国工人对特朗普的强烈支持。
美国劳资关系委员会表示将对分别针对特朗普竞选团队和特斯拉公司的投诉展开调查。特斯拉是马斯克领导的电动汽车、电池和太阳能面板制造商,总部位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀。
这些指控源于两人周一晚上在马斯克旗下的社交媒体平台X上对话时,特朗普发表的一番言论。在这场持续超过两小时的对话中,特朗普用大部分时间重点讨论了最近针对他的暗杀未遂、非法移民和减少政府法规的计划等。
但在关于政府支出的一段讨论中,特朗普称赞了马斯克解雇参与罢工的工人这一做法。全美汽车工人联合会认为,这是在威胁特朗普竞选团队和特斯拉可能希望加入工会的工人。
特朗普对马斯克说道:“你是最厉害的裁员者。我看过你的做法。你走进来说:‘你想辞职吗?’我不会提公司的名字,但他们参与了罢工,你说:‘没关系,你们都被解雇了。’”
在特朗普说话的时候,马斯克大笑着回答说:“是的。”
目前还不清楚特朗普提到的是哪些员工。
今年6月,马斯克的火箭公司SpaceX的八名前员工起诉该公司和马斯克,称在他们批评公司内存在严重的性骚扰和充满敌意的“动物饲养房”一样的工作环境后,马斯克下令将他们解雇。
此外,美国劳资关系委员会认定,马斯克在2018年发推文威胁特斯拉员工的行为违法,他声称如果员工决定加入工会,将会失去股票期权。
新奥尔良美国第五巡回上诉法院的三位法官支持这一决定,以及美国劳资关系委员会的相关命令,要求特斯拉重新雇佣一位被解雇的员工,并支付拖欠的工资。但第五巡回上诉法院的全体法官后来推翻了之前的决定,并投票决定重新审理此案。
密歇根大学(University of Michigan)法律教授桑贾克塔·保罗表示,全美汽车工人联合会的指控有实际依据,因为特朗普和马斯克的言论可能“震慑”工人集体行动的努力,包括组织工会或为改善工作条件举行集会等。
她表示:“你在赞许地描述,并且真心实意地称赞明目张胆地违反美国的主要联邦劳工法规的行为。这可能构成对受保护权利的干涉。”
韦恩州立大学(Wayne State University)荣誉商业教授、一直关注劳工问题的马利克·马斯特斯表示,全美汽车工人联合会的做法“将焦点放在特朗普身上,并试图让他在对工会的态度和行为上处于守势。”他补充道,工会正在密切关注马斯克的言论,因为它已经将特斯拉的美国工厂作为组织工会活动的目标。(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
全美汽车工人联合会(United Auto Workers)已对共和党总统提名候选人唐纳德·特朗普和特斯拉(Tesla)CEO埃隆·马斯克提起不公平劳工行为指控,因为两人此前在社交媒体上讨论了马斯克威胁解雇罢工工人的想法。
在周二向美国劳资关系委员会(National Labor Relations Board)提交的文件中,该工会组织指控两人干扰了可能希望行使加入工会权利的工人。美国劳资关系委员会称将对这些指控展开调查。工会的指控向该委员会提出了调查请求。
全美汽车工人联合会主席肖恩·费恩在一份声明中指责特朗普反劳工的立场。该工会组织支持民主党的贺锦丽。
费恩称:“特朗普和马斯克希望工人阶级坐下来闭上嘴,而且他们公开嘲笑这件事。”
特朗普竞选团队的高级顾问布莱恩·休斯称这些指控“愚蠢可笑”,是“无耻的政治噱头”,目的是削弱美国工人对特朗普的强烈支持。
美国劳资关系委员会表示将对分别针对特朗普竞选团队和特斯拉公司的投诉展开调查。特斯拉是马斯克领导的电动汽车、电池和太阳能面板制造商,总部位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀。
这些指控源于两人周一晚上在马斯克旗下的社交媒体平台X上对话时,特朗普发表的一番言论。在这场持续超过两小时的对话中,特朗普用大部分时间重点讨论了最近针对他的暗杀未遂、非法移民和减少政府法规的计划等。
但在关于政府支出的一段讨论中,特朗普称赞了马斯克解雇参与罢工的工人这一做法。全美汽车工人联合会认为,这是在威胁特朗普竞选团队和特斯拉可能希望加入工会的工人。
特朗普对马斯克说道:“你是最厉害的裁员者。我看过你的做法。你走进来说:‘你想辞职吗?’我不会提公司的名字,但他们参与了罢工,你说:‘没关系,你们都被解雇了。’”
在特朗普说话的时候,马斯克大笑着回答说:“是的。”
目前还不清楚特朗普提到的是哪些员工。
今年6月,马斯克的火箭公司SpaceX的八名前员工起诉该公司和马斯克,称在他们批评公司内存在严重的性骚扰和充满敌意的“动物饲养房”一样的工作环境后,马斯克下令将他们解雇。
此外,美国劳资关系委员会认定,马斯克在2018年发推文威胁特斯拉员工的行为违法,他声称如果员工决定加入工会,将会失去股票期权。
新奥尔良美国第五巡回上诉法院的三位法官支持这一决定,以及美国劳资关系委员会的相关命令,要求特斯拉重新雇佣一位被解雇的员工,并支付拖欠的工资。但第五巡回上诉法院的全体法官后来推翻了之前的决定,并投票决定重新审理此案。
密歇根大学(University of Michigan)法律教授桑贾克塔·保罗表示,全美汽车工人联合会的指控有实际依据,因为特朗普和马斯克的言论可能“震慑”工人集体行动的努力,包括组织工会或为改善工作条件举行集会等。
她表示:“你在赞许地描述,并且真心实意地称赞明目张胆地违反美国的主要联邦劳工法规的行为。这可能构成对受保护权利的干涉。”
韦恩州立大学(Wayne State University)荣誉商业教授、一直关注劳工问题的马利克·马斯特斯表示,全美汽车工人联合会的做法“将焦点放在特朗普身上,并试图让他在对工会的态度和行为上处于守势。”他补充道,工会正在密切关注马斯克的言论,因为它已经将特斯拉的美国工厂作为组织工会活动的目标。(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the two discussed on social media about Musk supposedly firing striking workers.
In documents filed Tuesday with the National Labor Relations Board, the union alleges that both men interfered with workers who may want to exercise their right to join a union. The NLRB said it would look into the charges, which are a request for the agency to investigate.
UAW President Shawn Fain, whose union has endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris, said in a statement that Trump is anti-labor.
“Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly,” Fain said.
Brian Hughes, a senior advisor with the Trump campaign, called the allegations “frivolous” and a “shameless political stunt” designed to erode Trump’s strong support among American workers.
The NLRB said it would investigate the complaints, one filed against the Trump campaign and the other naming Tesla Inc., the electric vehicle, battery and solar panel manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, and led by Musk.
The charges stem from statements made by Trump Monday night during a conversation between the two men on X, the social media platform Musk now owns. The former president spent much of the discussion that lasted more than two hours focused on his recent assassination attempt, illegal immigration and plans to cut government regulations.
But during a discussion about government spending, Trump praised Musk for firing workers who went on strike. The UAW contends this could intimidate workers for the Trump campaign or at Tesla who might want to join a union.
“You’re the greatest cutter,” Trump told Musk. “I look at what you do. You walk in and say, ‘You want to quit?’ I won’t mention the name of the company but they go on strike and you say, ’That’s OK. You’re all gone.'”
Musk said, “Yeah,” and laughed while Trump was talking.
It wasn’t clear what employees Trump was referring to.
In June, eight former workers at SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, sued the company and Musk, alleging he ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment and a hostile “Animal House”-style work environment at the company.
In addition, the NLRB determined that a 2018 Twitter post by Musk unlawfully threatened Tesla employees with the loss of stock options if they decided to be represented by a union.
Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld that decision, as well as a related NLRB order that Tesla rehire a fired employee, with back pay. But the full 5th Circuit later threw out that decision and voted to hear the matter again.
Sanjukta Paul, a law professor at the University of Michigan, said the UAW charges have real substance because the comments from Trump and Musk could “chill” efforts by workers to act collectively, including union organizing, or just getting together to improve working conditions.
“You’re approvingly describing, you’re wholeheartedly commending the blatant violation of our main federal labor statute,” she said. “It would constitute interference with protected rights.”
Marick Masters, a business professor emeritus at Wayne State University who follows labor issues, said the UAW’s move “puts the spotlight on Trump and attempts to put him on the defensive in terms of his attitude and demeanor toward unions.” He added that the union is watching Musk’s comments because it has targeted Tesla’s U.S. factories for organizing drives.