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Uloop's Cal Poly campus representatives Austin Garrido and Sarah Doolittle, pictured here in their company shirts, have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after being fired by the student social network. The dismissal came only minutes after posting a message on the company's internal site expressing an interest in forming a union after discovering their paychecks were two dollars an hour lighter thanks to an unannounced pay cut, reports school newspaper The Poly Post. It is illegal in the United States to take action against employees for discussing union organizing efforts. I've asked Uloop and the reps for comment. (Via SFist)
Labor complaint filed over Uloop firings
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2:00 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Jackson West
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Since when is Austin a gender-neutral name?
Is it not also illegal to unilaterally cut pay without letting people know in advance? One more reason to move to Canada, people.
That never stopped Amazon.com:
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