
Berlin’s Striking TikTok Workers Stand Up to a Tech Giant
In Berlin, TikTok wants to replace 160 employees with AI. If the company is successful, many others will follow suit — but workers are fighting back with a strike.
Astrid Zimmermann is the managing editor of Jacobin Germany.
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