> this lawsuit was due to the actions of one manager in an autobody store.
There are two named people who violated labor law, according to to the judge. They are Andre Ayala (manager) and Cedric Leith (associate manager). Quoting from "Legal Analysis", "The Section 8(A)(1) Violations" on p 14:
] During an all-hands shop meeting around mid-December, Ayala violated Section 8(a)(1)
by instructing employees not to discuss their pay rates or the newly hired employees.
] After picking up his tools and turning to leave, Leith told him, "If I were you, I wouldn't talk to anybody." In the circumstances, Leith’s statement also violated Section 8(a)(1).
The facility has "approximately 25 employees, including 22 collision technicians", so it's not like there's much other local management.
Further, Tesla's organizational response was judged to be inadequate:
] Its attempted repudiation of Ayala’s statement regarding pay was timely since it was disseminated on June 13 - a little over a month after it first learned of the Region’s investigation regarding the statement and four days after the amended charge issued on June 9. However, the notice was deficient it all other respects.
followed by three points where it was deficient.