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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by kjksf on Monday November 04, 2024 @12:33PM (#42043926)
That might by what YOU want or what you hallucinate the demand is but most reasonable interpretation of what we know is that they in fact want to prevent being fired for low performance.

if you can be fired "only for misconduct" and low performance doesn't count as misconduct means that you cannot be fired for low performance.

Granted, the actual demand might be more nuanced but going only by what was reported, they don't want to be fired for low performance.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by Timon3 on Monday November 04, 2024 @12:37PM (#42043979)
No, what's reported is that the tech workers are asking for a "just cause" provision. This is a well-established legal concept that explicitly includes what GP posted. The reporting you're reading that fails to mention this happens to be from the New York Times. Can you guess why they don't mention this?
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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by JamesBarney on Monday November 04, 2024 @06:38PM (#42047236)
In theory that's how it works. In practice the amount of documentation is onerous enough most managers just decide it's not worth the effort.
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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by Timon3 on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @07:00AM (#42050841)
Seems like those managers should be replaced with ones willing to properly do their job.
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