We're Alphabet workers. We’ve been organizing for over a year, & we’re finally ready to share why.
This morning, we're announcing #AWU, the first union open to *all* workers at any Alphabet company.
Every worker deserves a union—including tech workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html
This morning, we're announcing #AWU, the first union open to *all* workers at any Alphabet company.
Every worker deserves a union—including tech workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html
The past few years at Google have been tumultuous: secret military AI projects, multi-million dollar payouts to execs who sexually harassed our coworkers, profiting from hate speech, & more.
Coworkers who've voiced concerns have even been fired, illegally, as retaliation.
Coworkers who've voiced concerns have even been fired, illegally, as retaliation.
And the only thing that's changed anything is worker organizing.
Worker organizing got Project Maven & Project Dragonfly cancelled.
It got 20,000+ Googlers to walk out against sexual harassment.
It got $15 min wage & healthcare for contractors.
And it's going to get us more.
Worker organizing got Project Maven & Project Dragonfly cancelled.
It got 20,000+ Googlers to walk out against sexual harassment.
It got $15 min wage & healthcare for contractors.
And it's going to get us more.
Yet problems persist.
We still have discrimination, harassment, & retaliation at Google. Over half our workforce are TVCs—paid less, w/fewer benefits, for often the exact same work. A few at the top are getting enormously rich while others see nothing of that wealth.
We still have discrimination, harassment, & retaliation at Google. Over half our workforce are TVCs—paid less, w/fewer benefits, for often the exact same work. A few at the top are getting enormously rich while others see nothing of that wealth.
That isn't the company we want to work for. We deserve a workplace that respects us, where we can work for a fair wage without fear of abuse or discrimination. We deserve meaningful control over the projects we work on & the direction of this company.
So we're building on all these past organizing efforts & more to create a structure for a unified worker voice.
We're organizing w/ @CWAUnion @CODE_CWA, w/dues-paying members, an elected board, & paid organizers.
We'll work to undo inequalities & injustices at Alphabet.
We're organizing w/ @CWAUnion @CODE_CWA, w/dues-paying members, an elected board, & paid organizers.
We'll work to undo inequalities & injustices at Alphabet.
We'll be open to *all* Alphabet workers—full-time employees & TVCs.
If you're a worker at any Alphabet company, join us.
http://alphabetworkersunion.org
If you're a worker at any Alphabet company, join us.
http://alphabetworkersunion.org