Group Gathers Outside Twitter's SF Headquarters to Protest Mass Layoffs

Activists gathered outside Twitter headquarters Saturday morning to protest owner Elon Musk’s layoffs of thousands of Twitter workers.

Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, appears to be approaching the level of public loathing heretofore reserved for folks like Pharma Bro and Kim Jong-un. He let go thousands of Twitter’s 7,500 workers after purchasing the company in late 2022 – according to widespread reports, as much as half of Twitter’s workforce.

The rally took place outside Twitter headquarters at 1355 Market Street at 11 a.m., said Steve Zeltzer, who led the rally with fellow labor activist Andrew Kong Knight.

Performers at the event included the Angry Tired Teachers Band, a

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