Sacked staffers file class action suit in US

Sacked employees in the US have initiated a class action lawsuit against Twitter over the firing of more than 8,500 people. Filed in San Francisco, it alleges Twitter is conducting mass layoffs without providing the required 60-day notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

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Staff cut needed to ensure co’s success: Twitter memo

New Delhi: A few Twitter employees who lost their job, in conversations with TOI, said there had been “chaos and despondency” at the India business right from the start of the day, in view of the memo that the new management had sent globally where it detailed the procedure for layoffs.

A questionnaire sent to the global press team at Twitter went unanswered.