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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA)

@AlphabetWorkers

Organized Alphabet workers, unionizing with @CODE_CWA as members of @CWAUnion Local 9009. Contact us: [email protected]

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“‘This is the defining issue of our generation, and it’s really important for all, not just workers at UC, but across the entire nation, to speak up and to ensure every worker has the right to speak on this issue,’ added Jaime.”

theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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Unions can grow rapidly if they invest in new organizing, but not all unions are doing so at this critical time.

poweratwork.us/unions-members…

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Healthcare workers in Chicago just won a contract with new protections against layoffs after organizing to force their employer to reinstate and pay back pay to 24 laid-off workers.

chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/05…

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“Everybody assumes we’re just spoiled tech workers,” Marschner said, adding that Google pays its employees 10x as much as subcontractors at Cognizant make.

“It’s not a living wage, and adding the commute would force us further into poverty.”

washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

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BREAKING: Vulture capital investor thinks Google should fire all workers and give their salaries to him instead

businessinsider.com/andreessen-hor….

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UPDATE - In the face of pressure from staff, Sierra Club has delayed their vote until the 18th.

We are calling on the Board to reject any budgets that include layoffs, and to investigate union-busting and mismanagement by Ben Jealous and his Exec Team.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai just became a billionaire, immediately after cutting wages and benefits for the invisible workers who make Google Search possible.

fortune.com/2024/05/03/goo…

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For the last time—call their bluff. Let them walk. A company that refuses to pay its workers minimum wage should not be allowed to operate. If they go, replace them with a state-subsidized driver co-op app that doesn't siphon half the cost of each ride to management at a tech co.

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BREAKING: Nearly 600 flight attendants just got a union.

These vital workers at Breeze Airways just voted overwhelmingly to join the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA).

Over 76% of the attendants who voted chose to unionize.

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Lol and what does a VC do everyday?

Once again, driving towards short term profit gains is the priority.

qz.com/google-white-c…

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'I’m paid $14 an hour to rate AI-generated Google search results—subcontractors like me do key work but don’t get fair wages or benefits,' Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA) secretary Toni Allen writes in a new commentary. fortune.com/2024/05/03/goo…

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Folks in IN & VA: don’t get too excited by this promise of 1000 new jobs.

Google no longer provides a $15 min wage. The majority of data center work is performed by subcontractors, so these new jobs will be low-paying without benefits or security.

reuters.com/technology/goo…

Folks in IN & VA: don’t get too excited by this promise of 1000 new jobs. Google no longer provides a $15 min wage. The majority of data center work is performed by subcontractors, so these new jobs will be low-paying without benefits or security. reuters.com/technology/goo…
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Googlers are working dangerously long hours to avoid being the next target for random, senseless layoffs.

And Google execs are out here bragging about it.

cnbc.com/2024/04/23/goo…

Googlers are working dangerously long hours to avoid being the next target for random, senseless layoffs. And Google execs are out here bragging about it. cnbc.com/2024/04/23/goo…
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