YouTube Music workers strike at Google’s Austin offices
YouTube Music workers in the Austin, TX area who voted to unionize are striking. The, which represents the contractors, says this is the first time a group of Google-affiliated workers has gone on strike.
Cognizant, an Alphabet subcontractor, staffs the striking workers. They say Alphabet’s current return-to-office date of February 6th threatens their safety and livelihoods since their $19-per-hour pay makes it hard to afford relocation, travel and healthcare costs. The AWU-CWA says most contractors were hired to work remotely, and nearly a quarter of them don’t live in Texas.
The YouTube workers say Alphabet and Cognizant only announced the abrupt return to office after they had already. Additionally, they accuse managers of sending work to other offices to “chill” the union efforts while adding that a supervisor made implicit anti-union threats. Finally, the workers have appealed to the National Labor Relations Board to be recognized as “jointly employed” by Cognizant and Alphabet; the designation would force Alphabet to negotiate based on US labor laws.
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