US decides SpaceX is like an airline, exempting it from Labor Relations Act

Space-X wants to be regulated under the Railway Labor Act? [1] They should be careful of what they ask for. Some anti-union activities such as fussing with the bargaining unit definition don't apply under the RLA. Space-X is going to end up as a union shop.

Airlines are under the Railway Labor Act because Congress put them there in 1932, and they are almost totally unionized.

[1] https://nmb.gov/NMB_Application/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/R...

Caveat that I know very little about these labor relations laws. However from what I gathered from the article some entities like airlines and railroads are regulated differently than normal companies because they provide movement for essential goods. This means it involves more steps to go on strike etc. And now spaceX is considered to be one of those types of companies. As rocketry because more critical for our space infrastructure, I feel like this makes sense.

Sleep with dogs, wake with fleas.

So? This sounds like a good thing.

If it isn't, then voters should vote for the opposite policy--allowing the airlines to stop working whenever they want.

Reminder that this now includes xAI and X

This is so completely dishonest and fraudulent, but also completely in line with the kind of corporate bribery and favoritism towards the family and friends and donors and bribers/lobbyers of the Trump administration.

SpaceX is not a mail carrier or common carrier by any means. It is executing contracts for launches. And comparing it to railroads and classifying it similarly is also unethical. Railroad workers have been grossly abused by companies like BNSF, with terrible working conditions and pay and little ability to push back.

Finally, the fact that the Trump administration would apply this to all of SpaceX, including Twitter, is also insane.