Google workers lead historic tech union share Hundreds of employees and workers at Google announced Monday, Jan. 4 that they had launched a union for the first time in the company’s history. After years of criticism leveled against the tech giant regarding government contracts, employee diversity and treatment of sexual misconduct cases, both salaried employees and contractors have kickstarted the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) to ask for better ethical decisions at the company. CBS reported 226 employees of Google, its parent company Alphabet and Alphabet’s other subsidiaries were signed with the union as of Jan. 4.
Employee discontent has simmered at Google for the last few years. A November 2018