Bloomberg: Twitter Accused of Ducking a Fight Over Musk’s Mass Layoffs. “The company now known as X Corp. has been accused in multiple suits of numerous labor and workplace violations, including its failure to pay thousands of workers laid off late last year after Musk’s acquisition. About 2,000 former Twitter employees have resorted to fighting their claims in arbitration as the company has demanded — but Twitter hasn’t shown up, according to a complaint filed Monday in San Francisco federal court.”
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Courthouse News Service: Fired Twitter employees ordered to arbitrate wrongful termination claims
Courthouse News Service: Fired Twitter employees ordered to arbitrate wrongful termination claims. “Billionaire and new Twitter owner Elon Musk won a first round in federal court Friday when a judge granted Twitter’s motions to dismiss wrongful termination claims from employees fired last fall, ordering them to arbitration instead.”
Google walkout organizer on first major ‘Me Too’ law: ‘When you think bigger, it can make a difference’ (MarketWatch)
MarketWatch: Google walkout organizer on first major ‘Me Too’ law: ‘When you think bigger, it can make a difference’. “Years after Tanuja Gupta helped organize the Google walkout, she’s celebrating the success of a broader effort: a new federal law that ends forced arbitration in cases of sexual misconduct in the workplace. Gupta and other organizers led thousands of Google employees around the world as they walked off the job in 2018 to protest the company’s handling of sexual-misconduct accusations.”
Washington Post: New database aims to expose companies that make employees arbitrate sexual harassment claims
Washington Post: New database aims to expose companies that make employees arbitrate sexual harassment claims. “Using the same spreadsheet-style activism she did with #GrabYourWallet, Shannon Coulter emailed some 500 companies, asking detailed questions about their forced arbitration policies for sexual harassment, which require employees to resolve complaints out of court. She and her partners, social impact investor Rachel Robasciotti and principal Iris Kuo, then published their answers — or lack thereof — on a public site, listing contact details for company representatives.”
Los Angeles Times: Tech workers’ fight against forced arbitration gets a boost in Congress
Los Angeles Times: Tech workers’ fight against forced arbitration gets a boost in Congress. “The technology industry isn’t known for its activist culture, but after years of relative silence some workers are beginning to challenge practices they consider unfair, such as mandatory arbitration. A push is underway across the sector to end companies’ long-held practice of forcing staffers to take workplace disputes to arbitration instead of suing. Workers at Google persuaded the search giant to drop its requirement that employees waive their right to bring disputes against it to court, starting March 21.”
CNET: Google will end forced arbitration for employees
CNET: Google will end forced arbitration for employees. “Google on Thursday said it’ll no longer require current and future staff to go through mandatory arbitration for disputes with the company. The change goes into effect on March 21. The search giant will also remove mandatory arbitration from its own employment agreements with contract and temporary staff, though the change won’t impact staffing firms. Axios earlier reported the change. ”
CNBC: Google employees to launch social media campaign on sexual harassment policies after previous protests brought ‘no meaningful gains for worker equity’
CNBC: Google employees to launch social media campaign on sexual harassment policies after previous protests brought ‘no meaningful gains for worker equity’. “Google employees, who walked out of offices around the world in November in protest of sexual harassment policies, are extending their critiques to the rest of the industry. The organizers are launching a social media campaign Tuesday to educate the public and protest the issue of forced arbitration by tech companies.”
TechCrunch: Google employees demand the end of forced arbitration across the tech industry
TechCrunch: Google employees demand the end of forced arbitration across the tech industry . “Forced arbitration ensures workplace disputes are settled behind closed doors and without any right to an appeal. These types of agreements effectively prevent employees from suing companies. Following the walkout last month, Google got rid of forced arbitration for sexual harassment and sexual assault claims, offering more transparency around those investigations and more. Airbnb, eBay and Facebook quickly followed suit. However, optional arbitration at Google is only granted for full-time employees, which does not include the thousands of contract workers at the company.”