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️ @fastmail's management fired most of their US-based union bargaining unit in the middle of contract negotiations.
This has now happened to Glitch's union, @kickstarterunited, @cfaworkers, @bandcampunited, and @fastmailunited: all who were bargaining in good faith with management at the time.
Executives must face material consequences for these actions.
️ @emma Wait, Glitch did this too!? I expected better from Anil Dash.
@cferdinandi @emma we had a layoff at the beginning of covid that was already in motion prior to our workers organizing; that’s part of why I was supportive of the move because we knew it was a risk since we were a startup in a tough fundraising environment. I don’t want to speak on behalf of the workers who organized, but I believe that was a driver for them as well.
@cferdinandi @emma We did end up talking through terms of severance with their union even though the agreement wasn’t in place yet, which I hope was seen as the sign of good faith it was intended to be, including recall rights for those who were laid off. Obviously, fault for the layoff lies with me as a leader, and certainly I deserve any criticism people have around that.