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Tesla has filed an appeal against the U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruling that the electric car manufacturer violated U.S. labor law in a 2018 tweet from CEO Elon Musk. In its petition, Tesla asks that the board review the order and offer “any further relief which the Court deems just and equitable.”

“Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tmrw if they wanted,” read Musk’s tweet. “But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing? Our safety record is 2X better than when plant was UAW & everybody already gets healthcare.”

“The NLRB also directed Tesla to offer one former employee reinstatement as well as to rescind 2017 rules that prohibited distributing union literature in its parking lot on non-work time and rules that barred distributing union stickers, leaflets, and pamphlets without first obtaining permission,” reports Reuters.