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YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions
Some workers learned of the YouTube Music layoffs while testifying to the Austin city council about…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Google Maps workers say they can't afford the office commute because of $5-a-gallon gas
Contract workers at Google Maps are challenging a policy to make them work from the office five day…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Google contractors who helped train the Bard AI chatbot vote to unionize
Google contractors with Accenture, who have helped write Google Help articles and review AI-generat…
Caroline Haskins
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A Google exec reportedly said the tech giant's secret antiunion project was supposed to convince employees 'that unions suck'
New details have surfaced about Google's "Project Vivian," which ran from late 2018 to early 2020 a…
Katie Canales
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Google has been ordered to unseal dozens of documents related to its secret anti-union campaign 'Project Vivian'
A small number of Google employees formed the Alphabet Workers Union earlier this year, which the c…
Martin Coulter
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250 Google temps got told their $200 weekly bonuses were being cut. The union fought back - and the bonus program was reinstated 2 days later, a report says
"The union definitely strengthened people's resolve to standing up for the fight," a Google temp to…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Google faces calls to compensate thousands of underpaid temp workers after 'massive moral failing' uncovered
The tech giant said the situation 'not been handled consistent with the high standards to which we …
Martin Coulter
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The tech layoffs have created the perfect moment for tech workers to get organized and unionize, but getting there isn't easy
The layoffs across big tech have motivated workers to learn how to unionize, and have shattered lon…
Paayal Zaveri
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YouTube Music contractors say their office is promoting anti-union messages on TVs ahead of the union election
YouTube Music contractors at the outsourcing firm Cognizant announced in October their plans to uni…
Thomas Maxwell
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Members of Google's union reportedly weren't told about an alliance with the Global Alpha coalition before the news went public
A Google employee union covering staff the US and Canada is reportedly in "turmoil" after a global …
Kevin Shalvey
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Google is supplying full-time staff with rapid COVID-19 tests while contractors must wait for slower mail-in results
Google's policies on TVCs have proved contentious over recent years, with critics saying temps amou…
Martin Coulter
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More than 200 Google employees have formed a union, and workers are calling it 'a long time coming' after years of turmoil inside the company
The Alphabet Workers Union will be open to all 120,000 employees in the US and Canada, and is inten…
Avery Hartmans
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Google's childcare workers are furious about the company ordering them back into the office without paying their transportation costs
The workers said they're paid an average of $20/hour and are mad Google isn't footing the bill, des…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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YouTube TV contractors allege in NLRB complaint they were terminated in response to broader union organizing efforts
Three contract workers have filed a complaint with the NLRB against Google and Cognizant. They alle…
Thomas Maxwell
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Google employees around the world have formed a new international union alliance called Alpha Global
Officials accused Google of "suppressing speech and cracking down on worker organizing while consol…
Martin Coulter
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Google contractor accused in labor complaint of illegally suspending a worker for discussing salaries
"Google became a trillion dollar company last year. They can afford to treat us right," Shannon Wai…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Google confirmed it 'terminated' an employee who staged a protest against Israel at a tech event
Google fired an employee who protested against Project Nimbus, the company's $1.2 billion contract …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Alpha Global says it 'mistakenly' publicized a tie-up with Alphabet Workers Union, confusing organizing efforts at Google
"We take full responsibility and have addressed this situation to prevent it from happening again,"…
Martin Coulter
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Google is downsizing its contract workforce that supports YouTube shortly after one contractor team's union victory
Google won't renew some contracts with Cognizant and Accenture that support YouTube. The decision c…
Thomas Maxwell,Hugh Langley
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The head of Alphabet's union says labor organizing is at 'an inflection point' in the tech industry and beyond
Parul Koul, who heads the Alphabet Workers Union, said the future of labor organizing is bright dur…