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From the gist found the article: http://www.newsguild.org/mediaguild3/software-company-learns-a-tough-lesson-about-union-busting-fired-workers-win-big-back-pay-
by ckdarby 8y ago
From the gist found the article:
http://www.newsguild.org/mediaguild3/software-company-learns-a-tough-lesson-about-union-busting-fired-workers-win-big-back-pay-settlement/ http://www.newsguild.org/mediaguild3/software-company-learns...
$775k for 15 people especially SF based I wouldn't exactly call that a large cash settlement considering what happened, rep damage, time to find new work, etc.
Just had expectations of at least a year salary per person.
- bwestergard 8y agoIt was approximately $20k per person and the difference between the wages they earned after being fired and the wages they would have earned had they not been fired. Some of my coworkers did end up getting substantial amounts of backpay. But your point stands: this is a weak remedy, and completely out of line with international norms.
- kevindqc 8y agoSo that means people who had more trouble getting a new job get paid more? Nice :)
- ashelmire 8y ago> The 15 former employees of Lanetix comprised the firm’s entire non-management programming staff. Doesn't this kill a company?
- kevindqc 8y agoThey were planning to open (opened?) an offshore coding center in Eastern Europe.
- EliRivers 8y ago"Thought Leadership" on the front page. I'm not surprised they wanted a union.
- lupire 8y agoYes. The founder rebooted it: https://www.lanetix.com https://www.lanetix.com and abandoned the Twitter account https://twitter.com/lanetix?lang=en https://twitter.com/lanetix?lang=en
- dtech 8y agoIt must have set them back months, if not years. Strange culture where unionization is viewed as a worse alternative than letting go of the majority of your technical know-how.