Kenyans Risk Losing Jobs as Negotiations With Billionaire Collapse
It appears that negotiations between Kenyan workers and a technological corporation have failed.
The negotiations between employees of a Kenyan company contracted by the multinational technology company Meta appear to have struck a snag, as reported by Reuters.
Individuals from across the continent had filed a lawsuit against the tech behemoth, alleging unfair termination.
Initially, it appeared that the parties were making progress in their negotiations after a settlement was reached outside of court.
“The respondents were buying time and not being genuine. We kept waiting for them to participate … only for them to keep asking for an extension of time and then come back every time to refuse to take accountability,” read part of the statement in part.
Additionally, the company in issue collaborates with TikTok and OpenAI to enhance the technological systems that serve their users.
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In March 2022, some of the company’s employees accused the multinationals of providing harsh working conditions at the ‘ sweatshop’ company.
Nearly 200 employees were tasked with viewing ‘videos of homicides, rapes, suicides, and child sexual abuse.’
After viewing the videos and photographs, the employees censored the content by removing or concealing the prohibited material before its widespread dissemination on the website.
Some of the workers told the publication that they experienced “mental trauma, intimidation, and alleged suppression of the right to unionize.”
Following the initial complaint, some of the employees received a Ksh20,000 raise, which represented an increase of between 30% and 50%.
Before the evaluation, the employees were the lowest-paid employees worldwide under Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Kenyans Risk Losing Jobs as Negotiations With Billionaire Collapse
