SpaceX to Defend Against Claims of Firing Engineers

SpaceX, the company that makes rockets, is going to a court hearing because it got accused of firing eight engineers. These engineers said bad things about Elon Musk, the boss, and they said he was unfair to women. The company denies doing anything wrong.

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The hearing will happen in Los Angeles, where a judge will decide if SpaceX did something bad. SpaceX tried to stop this hearing by going to another court, but they didn't succeed.

The National Labor Relations Board, which makes sure workers are treated fairly, says SpaceX broke the rules by firing these engineers. The engineers also complained to another group about how SpaceX treats women and how they got punished for complaining.

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SpaceX doesn't want to go to this hearing. They say it's not fair and that the rules aren't right. They hired a team of lawyers to help them. These lawyers used to work for the government.

SpaceX asked to wait for the hearing because they're trying to stop it. But the people in charge said no, and they said that the hearing should happen in California instead of Texas, where SpaceX wanted it.

The hearing will mostly be about how to get information from SpaceX and when to have more hearings. They won't talk about who's right or wrong yet.

If SpaceX loses, they might have to give the fired engineers their jobs back and pay them for the time they missed work. But SpaceX can still try to appeal the decision to another court if they don't like it.

SpaceX didn't want to talk about this news. They hired lawyers from a big law firm to help them. These lawyers used to work for the government and know a lot about these kinds of problems.

Other big companies like Starbucks and Amazon have also had problems like this. They said the rules were unfair too. But the labor board thinks the rules are okay and that they're trying to do the right thing.

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