Janitors at Twitter say they were terminated by right before the holidays. Today, they protested outside Twitter headquarters.
"This is against big tech and it's collusion with the government," said Rogan O'Handley, a conservative speaker and attorney. O'Handley says he was unfairly suspended from Twitter in February 2021 for election misinformation.MORE:
"It's not the government's job to be policeman for Twitter," said O'Handley's attorney, Ron Coleman with the Dillon Law Group. "Our members voted to call for a strike on Monday at 6 in the morning," said Olga Miranda with SEIU Local 87.MORE:Monday evening, they learned from their employer, Flagship, that Twitter decided to terminate all 48 union janitors that work there.Members say what really stings is that they were considered essential workers during the pandemic.
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