Google contract workers in Pittsburgh vote to form union
by Julia Carrie Wong and Mario Koran from Technology | The Guardian on (#4R3W0)
The tech employees, who have complained of low pay and stingy time off, will join with the United Steel Workers
A group of Google contract workers in Pittsburgh voted to unionize on Tuesday, a historic development within the labor movement and a remarkable return to the city's industrial roots.
About 90 tech workers who are employed by the Indian outsourcing firm HCL America, but work on Google projects at Google's offices, will form a union with the United Steel Workers (USW), a labor union born in Pittsburgh.
The vote to unionize passed with 49 voting in favor of unionization and 24 voting against. The group of tech workers will organize under the name Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals (PATP).
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