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Solar employees join UAW, management hires anti-union consultants with "96% success rate" and lays off 40% of workforce - claims not union-busting (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 56 points 10 months ago (3 children)

In the wake of its decision to furlough workers, EmPower had several job postings on its website, including for solar installers.

hmmm

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People should mass apply to those postings and waste their time.

[–] sour@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

is more efficient to make bot

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True but if they realize that lots of applications are fake they can just filter out the fakes by the IP address. Unless you use a botnet. Which is not legal.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Tor or other ip randomizer services are legal

[–] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It would sure be a shame if someone started flooding the job postings with fake applicants. I’ve heard of this happening before and it’s quite disruptive, wouldn’t cha know.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or even more shamefully, actually going through with it and just not showing up when you're meant to start.

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Get hired, show up, join union, walk out.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

Ah the ol' ghsujuwo.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If the workers were truly "laid off" then they've got first dibs on being re-hired, right?

(...right?)

Maybe it's time for the Department of Labor to make sure that gets enforced.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

That's commonly in a union contract...