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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

TikTok accused of ‘union-busting’ after laying off hundreds of staff

TikTok’s Chinese owners have been accused of “bare-faced union busting” by announcing hundreds of layoffs just a week before staff were due to vote on unionisation.

The social media platform’s Beijing-based owner ByteDance announced on Friday that hundreds of staff in its London office would be made redundant, with their roles being reallocated to offices across Europe and outsourced to third-party providers.

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