More Than 200 US Google Employees Form a Workers’ Union
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More than 200 US Google employees form a workers' union:
More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers' union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday.
The Alphabet Workers Union" aims to ensure that employees work at a fair wage, without fear of abuse, retaliation or discrimination, the union heads wrote.
Google has been under fire from the US labor regulator, which has accused the company of unlawfully questioning several workers who were then terminated for protesting against company policies and trying to organize a union. Google has said it was confident it acted legally.
The BBC adds:
Google workers form tech giant's first labour union:
The move follows walkouts and other actions by staff in recent years.
[...] The announcement of the Alphabet Workers Union comes weeks after Google's firing of a high-profile black artificial intelligence and ethics researcher generated uproar.
The US National Labor Relations Board also recently ruled the firm had unlawfully fired employees for attempting to organise a union.
Staff have also mobilised against the firm's "Project Maven" work with the Department of Defense and the company's handling of sexual harassment complaints.
"This union builds upon years of courageous organizing by Google workers," Nicki Anselmo, program manager, said in the announcement.
[...] Members who join will contribute about 1% of their compensation to the effort.
"We want Alphabet to be a company where workers have a meaningful say in decisions that affect us and the societies we live in," organisers wrote on Twitter.
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