SpaceX executives illegally fired nine workers who objected to CEO Elon Musk's tweets, a complaint filed this week with the nation's labor board alleges.
Other comments the CEO has tweeted include:"Jack in the Box should do double duty as a sperm clinic"; a picture of dinosaurs; and various posts opposing the use of pronouns in written communications to indicate someone's gender.
The same day Moline and four others were dismissed, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell called the letter a"distraction" in an email, saying the company had"no need for this kind of overreaching activism." A lawyer for the workers also did not rule out pursuing a private lawsuit against the company, alleging that SpaceX broke several laws when it fired them, including federal and state laws against discrimination.
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