Musk hits back as auto union files charges against him and Trump over strike comments

X owner Elon Musk isn't sweating the latest attack from the left after he and former President Donald Trump angered the United Auto Workers union.

On Tuesday, the union filed federal labor complaints with the National Labor Relations Board because Musk and Trump celebrated the idea of ​​firing employees who threatened to strike. The moment happened during the two-hour X interview between the presidential candidate and the platform owner, which caused quite a stir among the left and even across the pond.

“I watch what you do,” Trump said. “When you come in and say, 'You want to quit?' They're going on strike.”

“I won't name the company, but they go on strike and you say, 'Okay, you're gone.' You are all gone. So they're all gone,” the former chairman continued, referring to Musk's removal of X, then Twitter, after he bought the company in 2022.

UAW President Shawn Fain took offense at the very thought and launched the charges with a rant against Trump's “scum.”

“When we say Donald Trump is a scumbag, that's what we mean,” he said. “When we say Trump is against everything our union stands for, that's what we mean.”

It's worth noting that the right to strike is protected by federal labor laws, so the odds of any scenario playing out the way the former president described are slim, since employees cannot legally be fired by a threat of strike

Musk commented on the story to X:

The last two presidents of the UAW went to prison for bribery and corruption, and according to recent news, it looks like this guy will be joining them!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2024

“The last two presidents of the UAW went to jail for bribery and corruption, and according to recent news, it looks like this guy is going to join them!” he wrote

X users responded to submissions:

The UAW is a big scam just like the HOAs. Can you honestly tell me you trust this guy? I mean look at his face. They are just stealing money and the arrest of their last president showed it earlier.

— Francisco Ramírez (@francisco_space) August 13, 2024

The UAW cannot support open discussion because its ideas are not independently supported.

— Barry Carson (@bcski) August 13, 2024

Clown union leader should be behind bars for stealing union funds

— Andy All In on Tesla and Elon fuckin Musk (@fargalaxy11) August 13, 2024

Union strikes win their contract and then the company closes the factory and moves production to Mexico. People out of work but still have their jobs paying union dues. But what does he want now?

— Ernesto Ronin (@Ronin1021) August 13, 2024

unreal
Someone needs to explain how federal employment charges can be filed based on a conversation

— JulieSimone (@JulieSimone15) August 13, 2024

So weak, it's ridiculous.

— Barbara (@BMT094) August 13, 2024

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