The Twitter logo is seen outside the offices in New York City.Laureta, a single mother and janitor for years at Twitter’s offices in New York City, would like
“I was so happy working for Twitter. I was able to pay my bills, get babysitters for my kids. Now, it’s a nightmare for me. I don’t know how I’m going to do it or know what’s going to happen,” said Laureta, who did not want her last name used out of fear of future employment consequences. “There was no explanation. We worked Monday, the 19th, and that night we got the message. It was shocking right before Christmas. We didn’t have a good holiday.
The workers received a notice from Twitter on the evening of 19 December that the contract with their employer and their jobs were terminated, effective immediately. They say in previous cases where a contractor was changed, Twitter had retained the same employees who have been working at Twitter since 2015.
“They told us at work at the last minute. We didn’t know anything. It was a shock for us. We left the building crying because we didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Merita. “It’s pretty hard because we live paycheck to paycheck to pay bills. We’re very afraid of losing health insurance. I take medication. We need health insurance, that’s why we need to fight for our jobs back to have our union, healthcare, everything.”janitors at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco.