https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1346142918600437760?s=19

Also checkout this tweet on what they said about coal miners

https://twitter.com/gabrielwinant/status/1346176034429923335?s=19

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I mean... Yeah this post is bad but what's happening isn't good either.

    It seems like they genuinely tried to do something but turn into a publicity stunt.

    Now Google is using it look like they're not anti-union and union busting monsters like every mega corporation out they while at the same time it is watering down the meaning of a "union".

    It wouldn't be getting major mainstream press if it was GOOD. I mean, look at this shit:

    The Alphabet Workers Union will push for change without traditional collective bargaining rights

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        It'll push. It'll get fucking nowhere without leverage though. And that's why the media likes it and will encourage the creation of this type of union as the "good" type of union that doesn't cause trouble as compared to the "bad" type of union that is actually effective.

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            I don't know. I don't doubt that there are genuinely workers in there that want to push for that, but ultimately this method won't work and it is getting coopted as something companies want to encourage because they know it won't work. It will be used to undermine effective unions that do collective bargaining.

            "Look at how those google people set up their union, they're some of the smartest people in the world that's how it should be done in the modern day."

              • Awoo [she/her]
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                4 years ago

                Yep. Pretty much perfect. They get a win in any scenario therefore it is worthwhile promoting it in their media.