Meta, the parent organisation of social media behemoth Facebook, has announced it will sack more than 11,000 employees, about 13% of the total workforce.
The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia, the body that represents workers who are employed by NBN Co, the company that is rolling out the country's national broadband network, has called on the Federal Government to reconsider the axing of 800 jobs at the company in the middle of a pandemic when people are more reliant on the network than ever.