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afaik Bandcamp as a service to artists and consumers has not changed...yet.

>With the recent sale of Bandcamp to predatory VC extractive vultures, and the main move to finalise that sale was to fire all the recently unionised staff

I suppose the next move is to squeeze the artists, then the consumers.

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> was to fire all the recently unionised staff

Did they explicitly go after the unionized staff?

Or do they mean they fired people, and a subset of them also recently unionized?

If I'm not mistaken, it's always the second option – it's illegal to fire someone for unionizing in most places

They fired 50% of the staff, which included 60% of the union (including the entire union bargaining team that was pushing for Songtradr recognition).

The union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.

Songtradr leaned heavily on keeping old-timers who were part of the core team with the most knowledge. The union was largely formed by the newest employees. You do the math.

Do you have a source for this?

It's what I'd call a computed conclusion based on personal observation, unnamed shadowy figures, and William of Ockham. Put another way: none I'd name. Put yet another way: no.

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