Twitter Inc. was sued Thursday for a plan abruptly eliminating 3,700 jobs, just days after Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of the company. Outraged Twitter employees shared messages of support, with many using the hashtag, OneTeam
:"We filed this lawsuit tonight in an attempt the make sure that employees are aware that they should not sign away their rights and that they have an avenue for pursuing their rights.
"We will now see if is going to continue to thumb his nose at the laws of this country that protect employees," Liss-Riordan added of Musk."It appears that he’s repeating the same playbook of what he did at Tesla." Liss-Riordan sued Tesla Inc., a company piloted by Musk, over a similar situation in June when 10% of the company's workforce was laid off. Tesla won a ruling from a federal judge that pushed workers to pursue their claims in closed-door arbitration.
This isn't the first instance of backlash Musk and Twitter have received since last week's acquisition became finalized. A study byMessages made by USA TODAY on Friday morning to Twitter were not immediately returned.
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