I would imagine whether he settles or fights it is primarily based on how much it costs and how likely he is to lose. I would point out that even if he settled

I would imagine whether he settles or fights it is primarily based on how much it costs and how likely he is to lose. I would point out that even if he settled he would have made money on the purchase - just not as much money. The anti-labor links seem to be all about being anti union. If the union raised the cost of his employees by $2,000/year, Tesla would have been put over a hundred million in 2019, 150 million in 2020, 200 million in 2021. That's even more money, plus it impacts the value of all his Tesla shares, so it may have cost him even more. And there's no way he doesn't have to get deposed, and otherwise get annoyed.