**Article Analysis:**
**Highlights:**
1. The National Labor Relations Board accused SpaceX of entering into unlawful severance agreements with terminated employees nationwide. The complaint alleges that SpaceX included unlawful confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements, limiting terminated workers’ ability to participate in claims against the company.
2. The NLRB’s Region 19-Seattle Regional Director filed an action against SpaceX, stating that the unlawful employment agreement provisions were interfering with employees’ rights guaranteed in the National Labor Relations Act. If SpaceX does not settle the case, it will be heard by an NLRB administrative law judge in Seattle on Oct. 29.
3. This complaint is part of a series of conflicts between Musk’s companies and the NLRB. SpaceX has previously been accused of violating workers’ rights by firing employees critical of Musk, leading to legal battles between the company and the federal agency over labor practices.
**Summary:**
The article discusses the recent complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board against SpaceX for allegedly entering into unlawful severance agreements with terminated employees. The NLRB claims that SpaceX included confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses that restricted workers’ rights and interfered with the National Labor Relations Act. If SpaceX does not settle, the case will be heard by an NLRB judge in Seattle. This dispute is part of a broader pattern of conflicts between Musk’s companies and the NLRB over labor practices.
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