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Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics (wapo.st)
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[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 75 points 6 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 45 points 6 months ago

Why do you need to bring politics into it?

/s

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 6 points 6 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/

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Sounds like political talk