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Ch. 14 - The Workers' Letter

Chapter 14

The Workers' Letter

Priya organized engineers, assemblers, and support staff around one demand: no shipment until independent testing.

Naomi wanted them to demand her reinstatement too. They refused. Several remembered her own shortcut and the culture of urgency she had created.

That refusal corrected the story. The fight belonged to the work, not her title.

Two hundred employees signed. Owen used the trust to grant them temporary standing in the patent hearing.

Voss announced layoffs beginning with every signer.