AOL keyword: "virtual". I believe this is the second invisible internal walkout, not the first—there was one during the travel ban that no one noticed.https://twitter.com/sheeraf/status/1267494018323103746 …
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The impact of today's Facebook walkout could rival that of the similar Google walkout last year where everyone also sat quietly at their desks.
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The Facebook "employees are organizing" news cycle is complete. There was a non-walkout, a bitter all-hands meeting, a sternly-worded letter from former employees, and now we're back to normal. The oversight committee never said a peep. Nature is healing.https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/facebook-workplace-unionize/ …
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Please remember this cycle next time you see a story about tech workers standing up for anything at a big tech company in some unprecedented way.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2ma2mfyhU …
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This—an employee fired for speaking out—is when Facebook employees should walk out, in a publicly visible way. When Google called employees' bluff and fired four organizers last Thanksgiving, Googlers did nothing. Management at the tech monopolies noticed.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-protests-firing/facebook-employee-who-protested-inaction-on-trump-posts-says-he-was-fired-idUSKBN23J35Y …
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If you work at one of these companies and are tired of being ineffective, or unsure what you can do to bring your activity under the protection of U.S. labor law, I urge you to talk to
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With respect to people talking about the merits of the case, this is just a question of power. Facebook fires a coworker for pressing the issue you claim to be up in arms about. You either roll over or stand up; it's an immediate binary choice and not a nuanced HR judgement.
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The tech workforce is the highest-paid collection of invertebrates on Earth
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The next step after that ought to be protesters realizing that his house would be a perfect place to protest. Perhaps even Protesting Really Hard, which seems to be the style of protest that occurs after dusk!
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