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[–] [email protected] 76 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Sounds to me like these tech workers could really use a good union to protect them.....

[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago

Why do you need to bring politics into it?

/s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

There was a subset of Google contractors trying to unionize but while the group was campaigning at city hall. Google executives decided to not renew the contract and all of them were jobless.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/youtube-union-contractor-layoffs/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Sounds like political talk