Coverage dated October 12, 2023 to October 13, 2023

X illegally fired worker over return to office protest, US labor agency says

Headline from KTVZ Bend, on the newest of 2 developments

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), broke the law when it fired one of its employees for “exercising their right to protected concerted activity” following X’s return-to-office mandate, according to a complaint from the National Labor Rel…

KTVZ Bend's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Earlier updates in this story

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Elon Musk's X illegally fired employee who publicly challenged return-to-work plans, NLRB alleges

    Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia ·

  2. Newest

    X illegally fired worker over return to office protest, US labor agency says

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

Read the reports

Reports & sources

15 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC Chicago

    Elon Musk's X illegally fired employee who publicly challenged return-to-work plans, NLRB alleges (opens NBC Chicago)

    Published

    NBC Chicago's feed description

    The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint on Friday against Elon Musk’s X, claiming the company violated the National Labor Relations Act.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Elon Musk’s X illegally fired worker over protest tweet, U.S. labor board alleges (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Elon Musk’s X Corp. illegally fired an employee in retaliation for her internet posts challenging its return-to-office policy, the U.S. labor board alleged in its first formal complaint against the company.

  3. Fortune

    Elon Musk’s X illegally fired employee for publicly blasting the company's return to office plans, labor regulator alleges (opens Fortune)

    Published

    Fortune's feed description

    Musk has declared himself a “free speech absolutist,” but his companies have repeatedly been accused by the government of interfering with employees’ rights to speak.

  4. Engadget

    US labor board says X illegally fired a worker in retaliation for critical tweet (opens Engadget)

    Published

    Engadget's feed description

    The National Labor Relations Board alleges X retaliated against software engineer Yao Yue after she posted messages telling other workers to let Musk fire them rather than resigning, in wake of the company's new return-to-office policy.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    X illegally fired worker over return to office protest, US labor agency says (opens KTVZ Bend)

    Published

    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), broke the law when it fired one of its employees for “exercising their right to protected concerted activity” following X’s return-to-office mandate, according to a complaint from the National Labor Rel…

  6. WHDH Boston

    X illegally fired worker over return to office protest, US labor agency says - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

    Published

    WHDH Boston's feed description

    (CNN) — Elon Musk’s social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), broke the law when it fired one of its employees for “exercising their right

  7. Insider

    Twitter illegally fired a worker who pushed back at Elon Musk's RTO demands, says NLRB (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    The National Labor Relations Board filed its first formal complaint against X over the firing of software engineer Yao Yue shortly after Elon Musk took control last year.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

X illegally fired worker over return to office protest, US labor agency says | Since Then