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CWA union slams Microsoft layoffs as "extremely disappointing"
The Communications Workers of America union (CWA) has denounced Microsoft's decision to lay off an additional 650 video…
In a statement, the CWA said that as one of the world's "largest and most profitable corporations", Microsoft could have achieved its goals for "long-term success without destroying the livelihoods of 650 of our colleagues". "While we would hope that a company like Microsoft with $88 billion in profits last year could achieve 'long term success' without destroying the livelihoods of 650 of our colleagues, heartless layoffs like these have become all too common. We stand in solidarity with everyone who lost their job [yesterday] and encourage all video game workers to join with us and form unions so we can protect each other."
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