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X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, is facing 2,200 arbitration cases that ex-employees filed after Elon Musk took over the company, slashed headcount, and made other sweeping changes there. The filing fees alone for that volume of cases could amount to $3.5 million.

The arbitration numbers were revealed in a new filing out Monday as part of a lawsuit in a Delaware district court. The case is Chris Woodfield v. Twitter, X Corp. and Elon Musk (No. 1:23-cv-780-CFC).

As CNBC has previously reported, many large corporations require workers to sign an arbitration agreement upon employment wherever it is legal to do so. This means to speak freely in court, where their speech can become part of a public record, workers would first need to get an exemption from a judge.

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[-] noxy@yiffit.net 0 points 1 year ago

Just more of the same Luddite shit, unfortunately. Seems nobody loves technology more than people who really fucking hate technology.

The Luddites were actually based as fuck.

And yes, a lot of exceptionally skilled engineers really fucking hate technology - a side effect of one's day to day being deeply entangled in technology.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I used to think automation was the coolest thing ever and that everything should be automated.

After looking at controls for an industrial plant? There are some things I will pay extra to not have automated.

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