Lee Duna to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoLA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protestswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down12cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eeworkreform@lemmy.world
arrow-up1224arrow-down1external-linkLA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protestswww.theguardian.comLee Duna to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eeworkreform@lemmy.world
minus-squareRHOPKINS13linkfedilink27•8 months agoHR was glad to use the protests as an excuse for the firing. They needed a good sounding reason since all of these writers were going to be replaced by AI anyway.
minus-square@nilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish16•8 months agoIt sounds like union busting, which is a terrible reason for everyone but their investors—who can’t see past this quarter’s profits.
HR was glad to use the protests as an excuse for the firing. They needed a good sounding reason since all of these writers were going to be replaced by AI anyway.
It sounds like union busting, which is a terrible reason for everyone but their investors—who can’t see past this quarter’s profits.