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SpaceX Faces Hearing in Case Accusing the Company of Firing Engineers for Criticizing Musk Over Sexism

A U.S. labor board judge on Tuesday held a hearing in a case accusing rocket maker SpaceX of illegally firing eight engineers for criticizing CEO Elon Musk and accusing him of sexist conduct in a letter to company executives.

The case before National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Sharon Steckler in Los Angeles prompted SpaceX to file a lawsuit in January seeking to block it from going forward by claiming the board’s in-house enforcement proceedings violate the U.S. Constitution.

Starbucks, Amazon.com and Trader Joe’s, all of which are facing nationwide union organizing campaigns, have raised similar arguments in pending board cases. If any of the companies are successful, it could severely limit the agency’s ability to hear cases involving allegations of illegal labor practices.

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