Jan 10, 2025Google has consistently denied that it exercises sufficient control over contract workers to qualify as their joint employer. In recent years, the company has taken steps to reduce its perceived obligations, including eliminating a $15-per-hour minimum wage for contractors and implementing other changes to limit union engagement.
Aug 3, 2023(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. illegally ended contract employment for a majority of Google Help workers as they were trying to unionize, organizers alleged in a complaint to the US labor board.Most ...
Dec 19, 2024The US National Labor Relations Board has ruled Alphabet was indeed a joint employer of the Google Help staff and another group of contract staff working on YouTube Music, and so was obligated to negotiate with both those teams. But Alphabet has been unwilling to enter negotiations, maintaining it's not the boss of its contract staff.
Apr 18, 2024Google fired 28 employees late Wednesday after staffers led a series of protests against the company's cloud computing and AI services contract with the Israeli government amid its war in Gaza.
In this file photo from Sept. 24, 2019, Google contract workers Gabrielle Norton-Moore (left) and Fran Baisden share a hug after finding out their co-workers had voted 2-to-1 in favor of unionizing.
Feb 6, 2025Andrea Mitchell to depart as MSNBC news anchor after 17 years on Friday Keep the eggs but replace 5 bad-for-you breakfast foods, says nutritionist US Genius Idea to Move World Largest Ships Across ...
Nov 29, 2021Rivers, Waldman and Duke were terminated in November 2019 after months of publicly protesting Google policies, including the company's "intent to enter into a contract with the Trump ...
A Google manager recommended firing a group of contract workers rather than giving them benefits such as sick pay, according to a joint report from The New York Times and The Guardian into the ...