Elon Musk’s company is being sued by ex-Twitter employees for over $100k in back pay. The workers claim that they have suffered ‘extreme difficulties’ since being “left jobless” on Christmas Eve.

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• Eleven former janitors have sued Twitter for over $100,000 in unpaid wages.
• The lawsuit accuses Twitter that it violated a labor law by terminating their contracts within 90-days.
• After losing her healthcare benefits, one of the janitors claimed to have faced "extreme hardships" such as rationing medication.

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, former janitors of Twitter's New York offices claim they are owed "hundreds and thousands of dollars" in back wages.

The Guardian reported the complaint first, which accuses Elon Musk’s company of violating New York City's Displaced Building Service Workers Protection Act.

New building managers must retain employees for at least a 90-day period of transition, and even longer if they are deemed satisfactory.

The suit claims that the janitors were "left without a job on Christmas Eve" after their contracts were terminated on 19 December, 53 days after Musk purchased Twitter.

Some of the eleven plaintiffs had been cleaning Twitter’s offices since 2015.

Insider reported that in January, Twitter employees found cockroaches in the New York office and there was a shortage of toilet paper.

In February, Twitter hired a cleaning contractor called Nexgen.

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According to the lawsuit, the janitors union, 32BJ SEIU wrote to Nexgen president to inform him that he was required to hire them under the DBSWPA. However, he did not respond.

The complaint claims that Twitter has never replied to similar letters.

Lucy Calderon said in a recent press release that she and her colleagues had suffered extreme hardships after losing their jobs. We were fired just before Christmas, as if we weren't important.

She said that after losing her healthcare benefits she had been rationing the pills, and most of the janitors were single mothers who were the primary breadwinners.

" We have laws in NYC to protect workers against the arbitrary whims and fancies of billionaires," said Manny Pastreich, 32BJ SEIU president. "We will make sure that their rights are protected."

Twitter was contacted by Insider for a comment. Twitter responded to Insider's inquiry with an automated response.

Nextgen has not responded to Insider's comment request sent out of US working hours.

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By: psyme@insider.com (Pete Syme)
Title: Ex-Twitter janitors are suing Elon Musk’s company for over $100,000 in back pay, saying they face ‘extreme hardship’ after being ‘left jobless on Christmas Eve’
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ex-janitors-left-jobless-christmas-eve-suing-for-100000-2023-6
Published Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:29:45 +0000

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