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Re:Twitter fired more software engineers.. because their “co... by KptMarchewa on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:53PM (#33736641)
>Twitter workers could strike and shut down the site

No, they are all fired. Didn't you hear? Every EU software engineer has been fired.

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Re:Twitter fired more software engineers.. because their “co... by socialismisok on Thursday November 24, 2022 @05:18PM (#33736871)
Strong unions could do industrial action to take down the site. Take the server offline.
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Re:Twitter fired more software engineers.. because their “co... by SpelingBeeChamp on Friday November 25, 2022 @12:23AM (#33739507)
Are you talking about sabotaging the company?
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Re:Twitter fired more software engineers.. because their “co... by kyriakos on Saturday November 26, 2022 @03:02PM (#33756092)
It's not different from a union blocking the gates of a factory so non-union workers can't get in.
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Re:Twitter fired more software engineers.. because their “co... by disgruntledphd2 on Friday November 25, 2022 @04:47AM (#33740843)
Not legally they haven't been. Facebook discovered this recently, when they attempted to lay off people in NL. They discovered that because it's a mass layoff, they need to consult a workers council. But they don't have a workers council, so they need to elect one, which will take three months. Then another three months of consultation.

Even in Ireland/UK which have pretty employer friendly labour laws, none of the FB employees have actually been laid off yet, they're still in a consultation period (till December I believe).

Unfortunately for US CEO's, the US labour law does not apply globally.

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