YouTube Staff Vote for Union, Paving Way for Collective Bargaining With Alphabet
- Unanimous vote in Texas affects around 50 contract staff
- Workers call for other tech employees to join union push
A group of YouTube contract staff in Texas have unanimously voted to unionize in a labor victory that could force parent company Alphabet Inc. to collectively bargain with US workers for the first time in its history.
The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Wednesday, with 41 of the roughly 50 eligible employees voting for the union, nobody voting against and around eight people not voting.