UAW files labor charges against Elon Musk and Donald Trump for alleged union-busting talk

At 1 constituent successful the interview, Trump praised Musk’s effect to striking workers. He called Musk “the top cutter,” referring to the wide layoffs the billionaire has issued astatine Tesla and Twitter.

“I mean, I look astatine what you do,” Trump told Musk. “You locomotion in, you say, ‘You privation to quit?’ They spell connected strike, I won’t notation the sanction of the company, but they spell connected onslaught and you say, ‘That’s OK, you’re each gone. You’re each gone. So, each 1 of you is gone.’”

Under national labour laws, it’s amerciable to occurrence workers who enactment — oregon endanger to enactment — successful a protected strike. The UAW represents much than 400,000 workers successful the automotive, aerospace, and cultivation industries successful North America.

The national recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and her moving mate Tim Walz successful the 2024 statesmanlike race, aft antecedently endorsing President Joe Biden. Last year, the UAW besides launched organizing campaigns astatine respective automakers, including Tesla.

“Donald Trump volition ever broadside against workers lasting up for themselves, and helium volition ever broadside with billionaires similar Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 cardinal a period to a Super PAC to get him elected,” UAW President Shawn Fain says successful a statement. “Both Trump and Musk privation moving people radical to beryllium down and unopen up, and they laughter astir it openly.”

The national labour complaint is conscionable 1 of the things that came retired of Musk and Trump’s two-hour interrogation connected X, which got disconnected to a unsmooth commencement due to immoderate method issues.