Twitter sued following Silicon Valley sackings that will put 5,000 out of job

硅谷裁员5000人，推特卷入诉讼风波

WASHINGTON: Several sacked Twitter employees in the US have initiated a class action lawsuit against the company following the expected firing of more than 3,500 people- half the company's workforce- by the new owner Elon Musk.

The suit, filed in US District Court in San Francisco on Thursday even before the anticipated pink slips, alleges that Twitter is engaged in conducting mass layoffs without providing the required 60-day notice under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.

华盛顿：新任老板埃隆·马斯克计划解雇3500多名员工（50%员工），数名被解雇的推特员工对该公司提起了集体诉讼。

周四，该诉讼赶在解雇通知预期下发之前提交到了旧金山美国地方法院，指控推特在未根据《联邦员工岗位调整和再培训通知法案》（WARN法案）规定的提前60天通知的情况下就进行大规模裁员。

Two of the plaintiffs have already been fired, and three others have been locked out of their Twitter accounts and the Twitter office which they interpret to mean they will lose their jobs, according to the lawsuit cited by the local media in California, where most of the layoffs are taking place.

The lawsuit asks the court to issue an order requiring Twitter to obey the WARN Act, and restricting the company from soliciting employees to sign documents that could give up their right to participate in litigation.

“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,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the attorney who filed the case, and who is known for class action lawsuits against companies such as Uber, Starbucks, and FedEx, was quoted as saying.

据加州当地媒体援引的诉讼内容称，原告中有2人已被解雇，另外3人的Twitter账户和Twitter办公室被锁，他们认为这意味着他们即将失去工作，而此次裁员大部分发生在加州。

该诉讼要求法院发布命令，要求Twitter遵守WARN法案，并禁止Twitter要求员工签署放弃参与诉讼权利的文件。

“我们今晚提起诉讼，是为了提醒Twitter员工不能签字放弃自己的权利，他们有保障自己权利的途径，”代理诉讼案的律师香农·利斯-瑞奥尔丹说。她因对优步、星巴克和联邦快递等公司提起过集体诉讼而闻名。

Other litigation attorneys and labour activists have also flagged Twitter warning of more lawsuits. "I'm now in contact with many Twitter workers who reached out to me about a class action lawsuit overnight. You had the right to 60 days notice under federal and state WARN Acts. You didn't get it. Mr. Musk, the storm is coming," one attorney warned on Twitter.

还有其他诉讼律师和劳工维*人士也在推特上发出了多起诉讼警告。“我现在正和很多Twitter的工作人员接触，他们连夜联系我进行集体诉讼。根据联邦和加州WARN法案，你本可以提前60天通知员工的。但你搞砸了。马斯克先生，风暴即将来临，”一名律师在Twitter上警告说。

On Thursday, Twitter sent a companywide email to employees telling them not to come to office on Friday pending a decision on their employment status that would be conveyed over email with the subject line: “Your Role at Twitter.”

"Team, In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday. We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward," the email said.

"If your employment is not impacted, you will receive a notification via your Twitter email. If your employment is impacted, you will receive a notification with next steps via your personal email," it told the staff.

周四，Twitter向全公司员工发送了一封电子邮件，告诉他们周五不用来办公室，在家等待他们的职位调整通知，邮件标题为“你在Twitter的角色”。

“致Twitter员工们，为了让推特走上健康的道路，周五我们将进行艰难的全球裁员。我们明白这将对许多为Twitter做出过宝贵贡献的员工造成很大影响，但遗憾的是，这是确保公司成功发展的必要举措”，邮件说。

“如果您的工作没有受到影响，您会通过Twitter电子邮件收到通知。如果你的工作受到影响，你会通过邮箱收到下一步安排的通知。”

San Francisco city officials and labour and union activists are also worried about the impact of the impending pink slips at Twitter, which along with layoffs at other tech companies such as Stripe, Snap, Lyft, Coinbase, and OpenDoor, is expected to put more than 5,000 people out of work this weekend.

Meanwhile, right wing trolls and conservative talking heads gloated over the layoffs, describing the fired Twitter employees as "liberal snowflakes" and a "woke" progressives who had long censored views from the right, and who deserved to be fired.

旧金山市政府官员以及劳工和工会活动人士也担心推特裁员带来的影响，加上Stripe、Snap、Lyft、Coinbase和OpenDoor等其他科技公司的裁员，预计本周末将有5000多人失业。

与此同时，右翼攻击者和保守派评论员对此次裁员幸灾乐祸，称被解雇的Twitter员工是“自由主义的雪花”，是“觉醒的”进步人士，应该被解雇。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：

Vmcx•Unknown•23 hours ago

Musk will win all these lawsuits. The laws are favorable to employers in US

马斯克会打赢这些诉讼的。美国的法律偏袒雇主。

•1 day ago

Richest man created wrong impression in the mind of people ...has become miser ....dying for money... instead he should have invested in people to create a stronger platform rather sacking people..

这位首富把自己的形象搞砸了…变成了守财奴…把钱看得太重要了……他应该为人才投资，打造更强大的平台，而不是解雇员工。

Ranjan Kumar Indian•Lucknow•1 day ago

Twitter is in turmoil. The situation is certainly going to affect its popularity. No problem for an unpoupular twitterati like me.

推特陷入了混乱。这种情况肯定会影响Twitter的口碑。对我这样没啥名气的推特达人来说不是个问题。

Soumitra•Delhi•1 day ago

He has to follow rules. Just being a rightist does not entitle him changed rule or no rule.

马斯克必须遵守法律。身为右派分子并不能让他有权改变规则或不守规则。

Godfather Senior•Mumbai•1 day ago

Only if Musk takes all legal means and ways and makes all legally valid with mandatory notice period, can survive this ordeal. If there is a slip in the law-abiding rules, sure, he will have to shell out equal amount that he paid to buy Twitter! That's is status of past court cases indicate on employer/employee rulings. He must adhere to the rules and apply law while removing someone from the company.

马斯克只有在法律规定的通知期限内，采取合法的手段和方式，才能安然渡过这场考验。否则他可能要支付跟当初购买Twitter时相同金额的赔偿金！法院对裁员诉讼的裁决都是这么个情形。在开除员工时，马斯克必须遵守法律法规。

•1 day ago

if world can gather together against Putin, why don't they against Musk... I mean, it's worse than Putin act here... the guy own something just because he brought it with huge cash and now he is dictating it...today it's 5k out, tomorrow he may get 10k in... might be he will sell it then and brought new thing.. BTW : hope this platform is not own by him yet... else he will ban me :)

如果全世界都能团结起来反对普京，他们为何不能反对马斯克呢……我的意思是，马斯克的行为比普京更恶劣…这家伙拿着巨额现金收购了某样东西，现在就开始颐指气使了……今天裁员5千，明天可能就裁员1万……也许他还会把它甩卖，再买入新的东西。顺便说一句：希望他还没拿下这个平台…不然我的账户该被禁了)

User smith•1 day ago

Kicking off left liberal mindset employes that does not fit into new mgt is right way to do

赶走无法适应新管理层的左派自由主义员工，这样做没毛病

•1 day ago

that is why india should adopt Indian technology and Indian should work for Indian companies in India

这就是印度应该采用印度技术，印度人应该留在印度为印度公司工作的原因啊。

• Deepak•1 day ago

If Indians work for Indian companies in India then half of India will be unemployed. There is no way Indian companies can provide jobs to 100 cr people. You must be working for an Indian company and are J of your friends working in MNCs and earning more than you.

如果印度人留在印度为印度公司工作，那么一半的印度人都将失业。印度公司不可能为10亿人提供工作岗位。你肯定是在印度公司工作吧，嫉妒在跨国公司工作的朋友赚得比你多。

•1 day ago

Noblest thing twitter can do is ext india. People will start living by truth, not fake news.

Twitter能做的最体面的事就是退出印度。人们才能开始了解真相，不再被假新闻欺骗。

•1 day ago

It is sheer hooliganism to ask for job without merit by threateing a private co. Shame on these ‘looser Job seekers’ backbench

用威胁私营公司的卑鄙行径找工作，这纯粹是流氓行为。这些“失败求职者”真不要脸。

• Thumbs Up•1 day ago

This is called desperation. You will understand this when your employer tells you on a Friday to not come to office.

这叫绝望。哪天你的老板让你周五不用上班了，你才能体会。

•1 day ago

It can be the begng of END of Twitter. All these Facebook , and social media apps have their life span of few years. Some other communication media will get developed soon. Indian software developers should develope a world class super powerful DIVYA-TWITTER to reduce Musk to husk and dust.

Twitter的末日可能由此开始。Facebook之类的社交媒体的寿命都只有几年时间。很快就会有其他社交媒体取而代之。印度软件开发人员应该开发世界级超强DIVYA-TWITTER，让马斯克输得灰头土脸。

•1 day ago

Sack as many as you want. Dont care. We have our local appgoo. Modi ji be gooing there.

你想解雇多少人就解雇多少人吧。我没所谓。我们有自己的软件就够了。

•1 day ago

Elan Musk is not going to work on the principles of Karl Marx. Make no mistake, he is a capitalist. All the leftists and librandoos have tough time. Fired by Twitter, hard to find another job, as the world knows why they were fired from Twitter.

马斯克是不会按的理论行事的。他可是一个资本家啊。左派和自由主义者日子不好过了。被推特解雇后是很难找到下一份工作的，因为全世界都知道他们为什么会被推特解雇。

•1 day ago

California is an extremely liberal and labor friendly state. However the employees are up against a maveeick billionaire who is used to getting his way whatever the cost. They are fighting a losing battle.

加州是一个极端自由和劳工权利友好的地方。但这些员工们面对的是一个特立独行的亿万富翁，他为了达到自己的目的从来不惜一切代价。员工们面对的是一场必败之战。

Jagdish Madan•Unknown•1 day ago

Firing five thousand employees sounds brutal; but Musk has given three months severance pay when most companies have a rule of one and a half month's severance pay rule. Besides, he must have thought this thing through before taking such a drastic action.

解雇5000名员工听起来很无情；但马斯克给了被裁员工三个月工资的遣散费，而大多数公司只给一个半月。而且，他在采取这个极端举措前肯定经过了深思熟虑。

•1 day ago

Just don't use twitter. He is stooge of Chinkymoney, who is the real owner of useless twitter..

都别用Twitter了。他是资本的走狗，中国才是推特的真正主人。

kasuti Parica•1 day ago

That is definitely something not expected because people were looking for this deal but unfortunately it is going to downsize every thing

这绝对是意料之外的事情，因为人们之前一直期盼这笔收购交易，但现在开始缩减裁员了。

•1 day ago

Cleaning is necessary. I have more confidence in him than Biden Babu.

对公司内部进行大清洗是很有必要的。我对马斯克的信心大过拜登。

•1 day ago

Musk understood Twitter is full of lazy junk employees who come to office for time pass!

马斯克知道Twitter里都是懒惰的废物员工，他们来办公室就是为了打发时间！

AT•4227• Mudi Ji•1 day ago

Shut up Idiot! Employees are not dogs, but humans for morsels of food thrown at them as if like charity. They sweat out to make the company succeed, to get paid. They deserve to be treated fairly within their rights.

闭嘴，你这个白痴！员工是人，不是狗，不能扔几口食物做做慈善。员工们努力工作，帮助公司取得成功，员工由此获得报酬。他们应该在自己的权利范围内得到公平公正的对待。

•1 day ago

Twitter would've gone bankrupt if Musk didn't fire all the lazy employees!

如果马斯克不裁掉懒惰的员工，Twitter可能会破产！

Balan Subramaniam•1 day ago

Twitter will be bankrupt in just one year wait and watch,People will just quit Twitter

Twitter会在一年之内破产，不信走着瞧，大家都会弃用推特的。

• Balan Subramaniam•1 day ago

Those who can't perform either will go on their own or will be fired.

那些工作能力不佳的员工要么自谋出路，要么被解雇。

Mudi Ji•32048•Gujriot•1 day ago

His company his rules. What's the point of whining. If he isn't violating any rules or contracts then no one can stop him. If he feels the company is bloated with too many employees then he can fire them. He bought Twitter as a business to make money not to do charity for the employees there.

他的公司他说了算。发牢骚有什么用。如果他没有违反任何法律或合同条纹，那么没人能阻止他。如果他觉得公司组织结构臃肿，员工太多，他当然可以解雇员工。他收购推特是为了赚钱，而不是做慈善。

The Loneranger•2125• Mudi Ji•1 day ago

Obviously, he must've consulted his lawyers before taking such a decision.

很显然，他在做这项决定前没有咨询他的律师。

Nkmm•18758• Mudi Ji•Noida•1 day ago•Follow

Absolutely! Rightly interpreted. But all industries are regulated by Law and Musk is known for his arrogancy of breaking law. He is not working in Jungles and hence he has to follow the Law and ensue systematic and logical firings.

绝对是这样！你说的很对。但是所有行业都要受法律监管，马斯克一直表现得目无法纪、傲慢无礼。但他并非身在世外桃源，因此他必须遵守法律，按规矩裁员。

Bloggervat Vat•7452• Mudi Ji•1 day ago•Follow

Without employees and their dedicated contribution, he would have never bought twitter in the first place and this guy needs to be taught a lesson for sure

如果没有员工和他们的贡献，马斯克绝不会考虑收购Twitter，这家伙需要吃点苦头。

Ekdesi•23902• Ekdesi•USA•1 day ago

Good employees always find a better job and the severance package they get is like bonus. It is the low performers who suffer. And I see lot of supporters of those low performers. You should know the difference between govt(white elephant) and private jobs.

优秀员工总能找到更好的工作，他们的遣散费就相当于奖金。工作表现差的员工最惨，他们得到了很多人的声援。政府和私人企业对待累赘员工的不同，你应该懂得吧。

Pkm•48162• Ekdesi•Kurung Kumey•1 day ago

He spent 44 Billion Dollars so he has every right to sack anyone anytime and anywhere.

他花了440亿美金，所以他有权决定何时何地开除谁。

Bosdike•22521•Hyderabad•1 day ago

Elon went mad. He will destroy twitter and go bankrupt one day.

马斯克疯了。他会一手摧毁Twitter，把自己折腾破产的