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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 03:31 PM Jun 2020

Largest union federation in the US demands apology from Mark Zuckerberg over new software feature

that would allow employers blacklist words like 'unionize' in chats



The largest union federation in the United States on Friday blasted Facebook after it was revealed the company was offering to let employers limit unionization efforts on its platform.

Facebook's Workplace functions as an internal message board for corporate clients, an answer to Slack or Microsoft Teams. This week, The Intercept reported that Facebook was promising those clients the ability to exert "content control" over their respective news feeds. Specifically, it said companies could suppress the word "unionize."

That didn't sit well with the AFL-CIO, which represents more than 12.5 million union members.

"Employers censoring their employees' speech about unionizing is illegal," President Richard Trumka said in a June 12 statement. "The AFL-CIO demands that Mark Zuckerberg personally apologize to working people, pull this tool immediately, and conduct a board-level investigation into how this product came into existence in the first place."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/largest-union-federation-us-demands-003347585.html
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Largest union federation in the US demands apology from Mark Zuckerberg over new software feature (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Zuckerberg is a trump fascist. Delete your facebook account. brush Jun 2020 #1
Just in case anyone was unsure of what side he is on randr Jun 2020 #2
What? Nevilledog Jun 2020 #3
facebook is no different than Faux news and OANN Takket Jun 2020 #4

Takket

(21,564 posts)
4. facebook is no different than Faux news and OANN
Sun Jun 14, 2020, 06:44 PM
Jun 2020

Zuck is a shill of the regime and allows fake news and deliberate misinformation to brainwash users under the guise of "free speech".

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