Alphabet Union Alleges Contract Workers Were Silenced About Pay This content was published on February 4, 2021 - 20:04 February 4, 2021 - 20:04 (Bloomberg) -- Google contract workers were banned from discussing their pay, and one was suspended for her labor activism, according to a complaint from the Alphabet Workers Union. In a Thursday filing with the National Labor Relations Board, the union accused the Google vendor Adecco of violating U.S. labor law by trying to silence employees. Management forbid employees at a data center in South Carolina from discussing their pay, according to the c...