Billionaires Declare War on Labor

MXA News
4 min readNov 21, 2024
A Fifth Circuit panel grilled lawyers for Amazon.com Inc. and SpaceX over their arguments to freeze administrative proceedings at the NLRB. Photographer: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI,MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images. Source: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/fifth-circuit-questions-amazons-jurisdiction-move-in-nlrb-suit

In a blatant move of Anti-Labor sentiment, SpaceX and Amazon sue the National Labor Relations Board for “violating employee rights.” The board sued the two companies for:

  1. Refusing to meet with unions
  2. Retaliatory firings

The companies will try to argue that the labor board itself is unconstitutional. The company attorneys argue that the NLRB has unchecked power to enforce Labor Laws against the companies.

“The NLRB routinely exercises authority to prosecute alleged violators of federal labor law, define the legal standards that govern the prosecutions, and weigh the facts necessary to find a violation — with only limited judicial review by Article III courts.”

Right, because employees have so much power over their managers. Managers don’t just randomly message for employees to come in on days off or receive retaliation for asserting their human rights…

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