Tesla has been accused by a U.S. labor company of discouraging employees at a Buffalo, New York meeting plant from union organizing by barring them from utilizing telephones and different gadgets, an company spokeswoman stated on Thursday.
A Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) official issued a grievance late Wednesday claiming Tesla’s office rule banning private know-how use, recording, and storing or sharing content material violates U.S. labor regulation, in accordance with the spokeswoman, Kayla Blado.
Reuters couldn’t instantly receive a replica of the grievance.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The case shall be heard by an administrative choose whose choice could be appealed to the five-member labor board after which to a federal appeals court docket. An preliminary listening to is scheduled for July, Blado stated.
The United Auto Employees union has tried for years to arrange Tesla manufacturing facility employees, and in November introduced a renewed push to arrange non-union vegetation throughout the nation.