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Google once stood for 'Don't be evil.' Insiders describe how it spiraled into a culture of mistrust that helped build a union aiming to keep management in check.

employees who were accused of breaching security and sharing confidential documents. The "Thanksgiving Four" – named for the timing of their ousting – had been involved in various protests at the company, including one over contracts with US Customs and Border Protection.

The AWU wants to tackle issues across a wide spectrum, from protecting employees from retaliation, to ethically dubious company contracts. It's the first white-collar union at one of the largest companies in tech, a sector that has traditionally been unfriendly, to say the least, to unionizing. "Organizing has been a part of Google's culture among employees for a very long time," Parul Koul, executive chair of the AWU, told Business Insider.

Tensions between employees and Google management had been building for several years, but things boiled over in 2018, whenrevealed Android creator Andy Rubin had been given a $90 million exit package after he was dismissed from the company amid sexual misconduct allegations.

 

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Power attracts the worst and corrupt the best they said

It’s too big, needs to be regulated.

Google is EVIL. They may try to show it otherwise, but ask the black folks and other minorities who work there how they feel about working in this Gulag.

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