Covalen Workers Protest at Meta's HQ in Dublin

'We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here': Striking Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters

Soon-to-be-laid-off Meta contractors say they’re being treated differently than Mark Zuckerberg’s full-time employees, who stand to receive more generous severance packages.

Covalen workers protest at Meta's HQ in Dublin

Workers at outsourcing firm Covalen, who are members of the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), have staged a protest at the Dublin headquarters of Meta.

Meta Contractors Fight for Scraps as AI Replaces Dublin Content Moderators

Workers marched from a modest red-brick office on a residential Dublin street to the gleaming campus of Meta’s European headquarters. They beat drums. They blew whistles. They chanted. “We trained the bots. We did the grind. Now we’re being left behind.” The date was May 29, 2026. More than 150 contract workers employed by Covalen, an outsourcing firm that performs content moderation and data labeling for the social media giant, gathered to prot…