Protesters at Twitter HQ Fight for San Franciscans #ThrownOutByTwitter
Source: Valleywag
Twitter's austere approach to its initial public offering was not enough to placate San Francisco's have-nots. A coalition of tenant advocates, seniors, workers, and students gathered outside the company's Mid-Market headquarters today, in the middle of Twitter's stock market debut, to draw attention to corporate tax breaks and what the group claims is Twitter's role is "displacing thousands of families, seniors, and working people in San Francisco," according to a press release.
... Many who spoke were residents of over 25 years, many of whom are in the process of being evicted under the Ellis Act. Many also conveyed the sentiment that Twitter is just a representation of a much larger problem: tech companies infringing on the living situations of long-standing residents of San Francisco who can no longer pay the rent and/or are being evicted for more affluent tenants.
... However, housing wasn't the only issue on the docket.
Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West—one of the organizers for today's day of action—were there to protest Twitter's use of "famously anti-union" security contractors, rather than members of its union. They tried demonstrating outside Twitter's headquarters last month, but failed to make much of an impact.
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