jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoGoogle fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politicswapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down110
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minus-squarenamingthingsiseasy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down2·6 months agoSounds to me like these tech workers could really use a good union to protect them…
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down2·6 months agoWhy do you need to bring politics into it? /s
minus-squaremalloc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoThere was a subset of Google contractors trying to unionize but while the group was campaigning at city hall. Google executives decided to not renew the contract and all of them were jobless. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/youtube-union-contractor-layoffs/
Sounds to me like these tech workers could really use a good union to protect them…
Why do you need to bring politics into it?
/s
There was a subset of Google contractors trying to unionize but while the group was campaigning at city hall. Google executives decided to not renew the contract and all of them were jobless.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/youtube-union-contractor-layoffs/