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and a more restrained Twitter presence from Musk. At least five employees were fired shortly after the letter was published.

“This could very much be seen as retaliation for speaking up,” says Mary Inman, a whistleblower attorney at Constantine Cannon. “What does this say to workers? It basically says, we don’t want to hear from you.”For a legal challenge, the main hurdle would be to show that the letter itself constitutes employees coming together to discuss working conditions, but the letter’s emphasis on company goals and “no asshole” policy seem to fit that model.

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