The United Auto Workers on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing the duo of trying to “intimate and threaten” workers during an interview on the latter’s social media platform X.
Trump returned to X on Monday night for an interview with Musk, who has voiced support for the Republican presidential candidate. The two-hour conversation between the two billionaires, which started more than half an hour late due to glitches, ranged from Trump’s views about what he called a “zombie apocalypse” of immigration to his praise for Musk’s labor practices.
During the interview, the pair advocated for the firing of striking workers, the UAW claimed in a statement. Under the National Labor Relations Act, it’s illegal to fire striking workers as well to threaten to terminate workers who go on strike.
“I mean, I look at what you do,” Trump told Musk on Monday night. “You walk in, you …