Google workers demand back pay for temps company underpaid for years

More than 140 workers sign petition decrying massive moral failing' following Guardian revelations

Google employees and subcontracted workers are demanding that the company pay back wages to temporary workers, following a Guardian report that revealed Google had knowingly and illegally underpaid thousands of temps for years.

More than 140 workers have signed a petition addressed to Google executives calling on the company to immediately pay back all Temps, Vendors and Contractors (TVCs) who have been knowingly underpaid by Google" and to create an immediate path to permanent employment for temporary workers and end its two-tiered perma-temp system".