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@Barns@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget

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Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget

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@Barns@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Around 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) found out last week that they will be laid off.
  • @ghariksforge@lemmy.world
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    159•2 years ago

    Union busting is as American as apple pie.

    • @EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world
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      48•2 years ago

      The first recorded recipe for apple pie was written in 1381 in England.

      Apple Pie Is Not All That American

      • @somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
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        23•2 years ago

        An import thriving in the US? That is about as American as it gets.

      • Orphie Baby
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        3•2 years ago

        I also came here to say this. Also I hear “Dutch apple pie” a lot, but never “American apple pie”. “American Pie” though, that I hear occasionally 😉

    • @anon_water@lemmy.ml
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      27•2 years ago

      How can we change this?

      • @S_204@lemm.ee
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        87•2 years ago

        By unionization… The stronger the labour force is, the less they are able to get pushed around like this.

        • @anon_water@lemmy.ml
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          19•2 years ago

          Well yes. My question is how can we change union busting, because that’s what the article is about.

          • @alvvayson@lemmy.world
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            By unionizing.

            To afford good lawyers in order to fight back, unions need money, which requires more members to pay union dues.

            To keep politicians honest and to credibly threaten their electibility, unions need more members that can be politically mobilized.

            It’s a feedback loop. The more people unionize, the more powerful unions become and the more powerful unions become, the more they can protect people who unionize.

            • ndguardian
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              34•2 years ago

              If all the employees are in a union, you can’t get rid of all the unions without getting rid of all the employees.

          • @Krakatoa@lemmy.film
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            11•2 years ago

            Well we did it once back in the Appalachian mountains…

            • @CodeMonkeyDance@lemmy.world
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              3•2 years ago

              Zing!

      • Tigbitties
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        Get everyone to do it. Division is the enemy.

      • @ghariksforge@lemmy.world
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        6•2 years ago

        Why should I care?

        • Move to lemm.ee
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          Because it affects your salary, your benefits, your holidays, and your rights.

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