Google Workers Protest Plans to Reduce Compensation in Three Cities in North Carolina, Texas, and Iowa

Protocol reports that Google "plans to reduce the equity packages for Durham, North Carolina; Des Moines, Iowa; and Houston, Texas, in January 2022, according to an Alphabet Workers Union petition circulating today that demands a reversion to pay and equity cuts." The Washington Post notes that "For some employees, that means their stock grants could be 25 percent lower than if they worked at other Google offices, like in Atlanta, the workers said in the letter." With over 800 members the Alphabet Workers Union is part of a larger effort to organize workers at tech companies. Protocol writes:The Research Triangle area, where the Durham, North Carolina, office is located, was also moved from the "National" pay band to a "Discount" pay band in late 2020, according to the Amazon Workers Union petition. The union said it would affect 300 workers there, but that Google plans to expand to 1,000 employees in the coming years.... Many workers relocated there before the changes in pay and equity were made, the union wrote.

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