Workers at Google’s parent company Alphabet from across the globe are banding together in one big union.
The new coalition, called Alpha Global, consists of 13 unions representing Alphabet workers in 10 countries, including the U.S., UK, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. The coalition was formed in coordination with global union federation UNI Global Union, which has 20 million members.
Alpha Global issued a statement saying its goal is to “see a world in which Alphabet respects human and labour rights across its global operations and supply chain.”
The statement says Alphabet is a “major incubator of innovations” and a “technology leader.” However, it is also “a creator of inequalities, implicated in sexual harassment and oppression of sexual minorities and people of colour.” Read more…
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