Contract Bike Staff Say Facebook Isn't Protecting Their Rights
- Bikeshare workers on Facebook’s campus want to form a union
- Their direct employer is sabotaging their efforts, they say
Employees walk past a wall bike rack at a Facebook Inc. office building in Menlo Park, California.
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Contract staff who maintain and service ride-share bikes for Facebook Inc. employees are trying to unionize, and they say the social media giant isn’t protecting their organizing rights.
Facebook provides nearly 1,000 bikes for employees to get around its Menlo Park, California, campus. The bikes are managed by about 50 employees of Bikes Make Life Better, a firm that provides consulting and support for bike-share programs at companies like Walmart Inc., Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.