Justine’s resignation lit a fuse inside Taylor. It was clear that this “family” was willing to part ways with one of its own over a Slack message. Executives spoke often about how everyone was on the same team. But when they forced Justine out, Taylor called bullshit. “They can fire us; we can’t fire them,” Taylor told me. “We were never on the same team.” The only way to rebalance the power, Taylor thought, was for workers to organize. The day after Taylor learned Justine had been pushed out, he took out a pad of Post-its and scribbled down the names of coworkers he thought might be
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