About 225 employees at Google and its parent company Alphabet are the first dues-paying members of the Alphabet Workers Union. They represent a fraction of Alphabet's workforce, far short of the threshold needed to get formal recognition as a collective bargaining group in the U.S.
"One of the reasons why it's taken a while for workers to get to this point is because the leaders of these companies did a good job of convincing workers they were these benevolent folks who were going to provide for them, kind of a paternalistic model," said Beth Allen, communications director at the CWA.
🤑in what Jurisdiction Google just redirects workflow to low cost Labour region and lets Union plant die of dead contracts Corporations Boards are the ultimate anti_Empathy feedback loop Mankind needs a Public Licensing body to hold Global entities accountable to Democracy
Like they need a union. Poor poor employees
Being at the woke forefront, Google should welcome this. Facebook workers would also benefit from organizing similarly.
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