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Elon Musk's 2018 tweet on Tesla union campaign violated labour laws, US court rules

Elon Musk made the tweet in 2018, prior to him taking ownership of the social media platform.  (Reuters: Dado Ruvic, file)

A US appeals court has ruled Tesla CEO Elon Musk violated federal labour law by tweeting that employees of the electric vehicle maker would lose stock options if they joined a union.

The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board that said the 2018 tweet amounted to an unlawful threat that could discourage unionising and ordered Mr Musk to delete it.

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