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Comment on New Tech Channel by Ex-Tech Tips Employee (Alex)

Linus doesn’t appear to be a terrible person, but I wouldn’t call him a good person either.

Linus is very open about his anti-union and anti-labor rights views, and I’ve lost count how many times he has dropped quick anti-union propaganda lines in his videos.

After it came out that he also ran a knowingly operated hostile work environment, I unsubscribed and never looked back.

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artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
He never said anything about being anti union. What he said was that if his workers felt the need to unionize then he had done something very wrong.

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- limonfiesta@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  And the behind the scene stories about the workplace and his companies shows just how absurd that particular line from him is.
  
  Whenever unions, or labor organizing get brought up, he never misses a chance to take some dig at them, including his lie how he’s such a great boss that his employees don’t want, or need, a union.
  
  Just like how he’s such a great manufacturer that his backpacks didn’t need an actual warranty.
  
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  - artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    What “behind the scenes stories” are you referring to?
    
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- noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  He never said anything about being anti union.
  
  What he said was that if his workers felt the need to unionize then he had done something very wrong.
  
  I don’t understand how you think these two sentences are consistent with each other.
  
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  - artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I don’t know how you think they aren’t so…?
    
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