Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says

> Now, CBA has apologized to the fired workers. A spokesperson told Bloomberg that they can choose to come back to their prior roles, seek another position, or leave the firm with an exit payment.

So no real consequences to the Bank for these underhanded tactics, since this just returns everything back to status quo before the layoffs, perhaps with reduced overall headcount as some workers choose not to return and take the exit payment instead, but surely the numbers still worked well enough that they will do it again but be more crafty about it so they don't lose the appeal.

True, but the union protected its workers from those at the bank. That is the value in the union. In jurisdictions without a union or parity labor policy, these workers would have no recourse for this fraud and the lies.

Absolutely! The union did great. My comment is more about, what is stopping the Bank from doing this again? Because there doesn't really seem to be a downside to attempting it. When they lose, they just have to give everyone their job back, but probably end up ahead due to attrition

My only advice is to engage your government representation to strengthen labor regulation in this context.

Its an interesting microcosm of the tech job market.

The best the union can manage here probably is to be less conciliatory the next time contract negotiations come up.

Oh you want us to take it easy on you with the raise %? Remember that time you fired all of us for no good reason? Yeah our bank accounts still have a hole we're gonna fill up now. Nice try.