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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’

The TikTok logo with three hands holding smartphones in front of it.
TikTok has 30 million monthly users in the UK. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

TikTok moderators have accused the social media company of “oppressive and intimidating” union busting after it fired hundreds of workers in the UK, beginning the process just before they were due to vote on forming a union.

The moderators wanted to establish a collective bargaining unit to protect themselves from the personal costs of checking extreme and violent content, and have claimed TikTok is guilty of unfair dismissal and breaching trade union laws.

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