SpaceX Settles US Claim It Tried to Stifle Employee’s Speech

Elon Musk’s SpaceX agreed to settle a claim by the US labor board that the company illegally tried to stifle an employee’s speech with a warning not to discuss job conditions with co-workers.

A regional director of the US National Labor Relations Board determined that the aerospace company violated federal law by admonishing an employee not to talk to coworkers about working conditions they were discussing with human resources staff, agency spokesperson Kayla Blado said.

The settlement resolves a complaint that was filed with the agency last September, accusing SpaceX of “reprimanding” an employee for engaging in collective action ...