Around 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) found out last week that they will be laid off.
Why should government grant businesses corporate charters and give them special privileges in the first place, if they’re mistreating the citizens who work there?
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That is such clear retaliation that I don’t know how Google hopes to get away with it.
Well the penalty is a slap on the wrist to a company of googles side.
The cost of doing business
Why shouldn’t companies retaliate? Anchorsteam workers unionized and it went bankrupt
Because it’s illegal? Unless you’re a million/billionaire it’s foolish to not vigorously support labor over capital
People unionizing have never bankrupt any company.
Don’t buy this crap propaganda that treating workers with respect will break a company.
That was due to mismanagement by Sapporo
Why should government grant businesses corporate charters and give them special privileges in the first place, if they’re mistreating the citizens who work there?
(See also: https://reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate-accountability-history-corporations-us/)
They can find a better job if one exists, nobody puts a gun to your head to work there.