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Google parent company Alphabet and Accenture are facing allegations of violating labor laws, after about 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize were laid off. The workers have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that claims the layoffs were in retaliation for the union vote.

Around 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) found out last week that they will be laid off. The group began a hearing this week with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding the complex issue of joint employment for contractors. “It really stinks of retaliation,” Casey Padron, a general writer on the team scheduled to lose her job in August, told Engadget today.

Google is reportedly laying off its Help workers subcontracted through Accenture after they voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA).

The contracted workers accused the tech giant of retaliation. Layoffs have become a dreaded and anticipated thing in the tech sector, but Google employees wouldn't have expected it to be a result of unionizing.

Around 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) found out last week that they will be laid off.

The Alphabet Workers Union tweeted that a group of Google contractors working through Accenture is seeking to unionize. The union also raised concerns about Google’s return-to-office mandate.