Meta and unions
meta and Facebook workers who formed unions
The social media platform Meta Platforms services 3 billion users across its subsidiaries Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads. Meta employs an estimated 60,000–80,000 employees as of 2023. Facebook subcontracts an additional estimated 15,000 content moderators around the world. The majority of unionized workers at Meta in the United States are subcontractors working as security guards, janitors, bus drivers and culinary staff. In Germany and Kenya, content moderators have formed unions and a works council in 2023.
Germany
There are 5,000 content moderators in Germany employed by Telus International, Majorel and TikTok servicing different social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.
Cengiz Haksöz is employed by Telus International, moderating content for Facebook and Instagram. Shortly after giving a testimony on June 27, 2023, to the German Bundestag Committee on Digitization regarding his working conditions, Haksöz was placed on paid-leave and banned from the company premises in Essen. The company alleges he violated his non-disclosure agreement. As the chair of electoral board, Haksöz is responsible for facilitating the works council election which was ongoing.
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