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Google and its parent company Alphabet have agreed to post notices informing workers at a South Carolina data center of their union rights as part of a settlement that the companies and a contractor reached with the National Labor Relations Board, the Alphabet Workers Union announced Wednesday.

Over the last decade, technology companies have been easing past traditional oil and gas conglomerates to become the wealthiest industry in the world. And yet, despite that vast wealth, there is still a massive tech talent gap. And now there’s a growing trend of tech workers coming together to call for greater unionization in this sector. This is moving beyond petitions and signed letters from staff, to increased walkouts, employee resource groups, and even formal trade unions. On January 4, ...

Google workers union filed a labor complaint against one of the companys contractors on Thursday. The union accused the contractor of illegally retaliating

A Google contractor broke federal labor law by suspending a pro-union worker who complained about the conditions at the data center where she worked, the Alphabet Workers Union alleges in a charge filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday.

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