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YouTube Music workers say they were ‘laid off’ during Austin City Council meeting (Texas)
Fox Business ^ | 3-3-24 | Bradford Betz

Posted on 03/04/2024 11:47:41 AM PST by dynachrome

Workers contracted with YouTube Music made headlines this weekend for saying they’d been laid off in the middle of an Austin City Council meeting.

A clip of last Thursday’s city council meeting shows Jack Benedict, a member of the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA), appealing to the city council to pass a resolution in support of the workers.

As he’s speaking, one of his coworkers, Katie Marschner, walks up and tells him: "Not to interrupt but they just laid us all off."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: austin; laidoff; texas; youtube
What part of contract work did they not understand?
1 posted on 03/04/2024 11:47:41 AM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

The Alphabet Worker’s Union!

All comrades shall have nothing but alphabet soup and alpha-bits cereal!


2 posted on 03/04/2024 11:55:30 AM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: dynachrome

So these geniuses thought that as contractors they could coerce Google into paying them more by going to the city council?

Brilliant.


3 posted on 03/04/2024 11:55:39 AM PST by DarrellZero
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To: dynachrome

Check the Youtube video out...pretty funny.


4 posted on 03/04/2024 11:56:18 AM PST by Mashood
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To: dynachrome

Now is not the time to be a contractor and defiantly never the time to be a union thug.


5 posted on 03/04/2024 11:58:22 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Mashood

KVUE video of it
https://youtu.be/zdLsx1am9TU?t=43


6 posted on 03/04/2024 12:08:12 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: dynachrome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZBtjNGes6s


7 posted on 03/04/2024 12:14:07 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: dynachrome
"Well folks? I got good news and I got bad news."
8 posted on 03/04/2024 12:19:46 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: dynachrome

“Jack Benedict, a member of the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA), appealing to the city council to pass a resolution in support of the workers.

As he’s speaking, one of his coworkers, Katie Marschner, walks up and tells him: “Not to interrupt but they just laid us all off.””

Life can be rough. Maybe these young people will learn something from this in this so-called good economy. I doubt it though.


9 posted on 03/04/2024 12:27:34 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Mashood

Watched it: That almost brought me to tears (laughing).


10 posted on 03/04/2024 1:18:57 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: dynachrome

Lol. The most easily replaced jobs on Earth.


11 posted on 03/04/2024 2:33:29 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: dynachrome

At least bro got that cool t-shirt, though (fist pump)!


12 posted on 03/04/2024 3:58:41 PM PST by ncdrumr (Oooh, SarahCUda!)
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