TikTok Moderators Launch Legal Action Over Alleged Union-Busting
17 January 2026 • By Tom Street Around 400 TikTok content moderators in London have been sacked, and three of them are now taking the social media giant to an employment tribunal. Their claim? That TikTok fired them specifically to stop them forming a union. The timing is striking. TikTok announced the redundancies on 22 August 2025, just seven days before workers were due to vote on union recognition. The …