Google Illegally Cut Contract Staffers Who Worked on AI, Union Alleges
The Alphabet Workers Union accused Google and Accenture of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing
Google offices in Mountain View, California.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergAlphabet 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.
The Alphabet Workers Union accused the internet giant of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing. More than 70% of the proposed bargaining unit — which includes 118 writers, graphic designers and launch coordinators who create internal and external Google content — were told in July that they will lose their jobs, according to a Thursday filing with the National Labor Relations Board.