Lucid Illegally Fired Pro Union Workers, NLRB Claims

Lucid , and later this year, it plans to . Still, and . Money isn’t the only problem Lucid is dealing with, though, as the National Labor Relations Board has accused the electric automaker of illegally firing pro union employees, . According to the complaint, Lucid fired two employees because they joined the United Auto Workers union and expressed support for unionization.

The automaker is also accused of “threatening, transferring and retaliating against employees,” as well as confiscating “union literature” and had employees convinced they were all under surveillance. Lucid is far from the only automaker currently being targeted for unionization by the UAW, nor is it the first to be accused of anti union behavior.

Tesla has , and the same can be said of many other automakers from Toyota to Volkswagen. After , the union made it clear that it planned to target even more brands, and the pay increases included in the new agreements . The UAW’s didn’t wait to start working to unionize Lucid until after the strike was over, though.

While it’s not clear how long it’s been organizing, it brought the case in question to the NLRB last February, so it’s likely that it’s been targeting Lucid for at least a year. Thirty three Senators have also sent an open letter to the 13 automakers being targeted by the UAW . If Lucid is found to have illegally fired pro union workers, the NLRB can force the automaker to rehire them and change its policies, but it isn’t authorized to fine companies for labor violations..