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by rtkwe 490 days ago
They're actively gutting the NLRB too, I doubt there will be any meaningful action out of that agency against antiunion activities no matter how blatant until at least Jan 20, 2029.
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It is even worse than that. Musk is currently suing to argue that the NLRB is more-or-less entirely unconstitutional. There's a meaningful chance that labor organizing protections simply permanently end within the next couple years.
And I imagine it's going to get a less than resounding defense given one of the P2025 goals is abolishing it.
It's no accident that the NLRB was one of the first agencies to get gutted.
Lots of agencies that were looking into one of Musk's many companies were the first targets of DOGE.
And the CFPB would be one of the ones looking into X as a payment platform which X has just partnered with Visa on [0]

Timing is coincidental, of course.

NLRB going away will be a short term pain, but long term its better for the health of unions to not have to follow restrictive legal guidelines.
The unshackling will be one sided. I'm sure unions will still be forced by courts to follow all the old rules it's the companies that will get to flout union votes and retaliate freely without the NLRB.