As @RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world pointed out
This title is wrong. The workers who formed a union were not fired or laid off. Their contract was completed, and they were not re-hired.
This title is wrong. The workers who formed a union were not fired or laid off. Their contract was completed, and they were not re-hired.
real story is always in the comments, even here. And I thought we left the dark times behind to a degree.
Only people who go to college get to leave the dark times behind to a degree. /j
That is my bad, I should have read over the article better instead of skimming it. I apologize.
You can edit titles
That you can. I edited it to show it is misleading and updated the main post.
That’s illegal
which it says follows “the end of a fixed term client contract”.
Not in this case. Their contract expired, and they were not re-hired. That is not illegal.
Ah I see.
Is it?
These people didn’t work for BioWare, didn’t have a CBA with BioWare, and the company they do have a CBA with says their contract with the client (BioWare) ended.
This is exactly how it’s supposed to happen, except the hysterical media used the word ‘laid off’ instead of ‘completed their contract’
Say what you really think…
Also: That is WHY work like this is contracted and said contracts are usually very short. Specifically because these are the kinds of workers that get abused to the point they wish they were making chris pratt look likeable in a Marvel movie.
Someone complains about abusive work conditions or dares to unionize? Fire them all instantly. But its “legal” because you are just terminating a contract. And then the people running the unionized company will file for bankruptcy and then reopen the exact same company with non-unionized employees and then get the exact same contracts back.
The contract wasn’t terminated, it was expired. They signed a contract with an end date, the end date was met, the contract wasn’t signed again. Termination would be if the contract was abruptly ended before the expiration date, which was not the case.
It is.
There existing a clear difference between legality and ethics.
