Novelty in the Tech industry: Google-Employed reasons, trade Union

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Novelty in the Tech industry
Google Employed reasons, trade Union

Google Employed reasons, trade Union

Employees of the U.S. Internet giant Google and its parent company, Alphabet have joined together for the first time in a trade Union. Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP/dpa

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The U.S. Tech industry is not known as a Union-friendly. Now more than 200 Employees of the Internet group’s Google and its native Alphabet have joined together. You want to stand up for fair working conditions.

Employees of the U.S. Internet giant Google and its parent company, Alphabet have joined together for the first time in a trade Union.

The Alphabet Workers Union representing about 200 Employees in the United States, announced the organization on Monday (local time). The Alliance wants to fight for fair pay and working conditions. The members also call for that the for years in question, the group changed structurally.

Google is facing due to allegations about due to sexism, racism, and abuse of power by executives longer with internal protests. In November of 2018, thousands of Workers had therefore placed temporarily off the job. The Alphabet Workers Union represents the Union far the US Tech industry a rare exception, represents, however, only a fraction of the total of about 130,000 employees in the Alphabet group.

The company explained to the American media in General, to support workers ‘ rights, without, however, specifically to the basic criticism to take. In the opinion, the Alphabet was, however, clearly, to deal in the future, rather “directly with all of our employees,” as with the newly formed employee representation. The Alphabet Workers Union was created according to own data with the support of the wider trade Union Communication Workers of America and this connect will.

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