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Google employees kick off union membership drive for 120,000 workers

Enlarge / Exterior view of a Googleplex building, the corporate headquarters of Google and parent company Alphabet, May 2018. More than 225 workers at Google have formally launched a company-wide union membership drive, following an increasing drive toward organization inside the company over the past several years. All 120,000 people who work for Google parent […]

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Google workers launch unconventional union with help of Communications Workers of America

Google workers launch unconventional union with help of Communications Workers of America

It’s the latest organizing effort by tech workers, who have gone public with frustrations over what they say are unfair labor practices and unethical business deals in recent years. Amazon workers are attempting to form a union at a warehouse in Alabama, while Google contractors in Pittsburgh have voted to form a union. (Amazon CEO

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Alphabet Workers Union launches with hundreds of members demanding change

Alphabet Workers Union launches with hundreds of members demanding change

Contractors and employees working at Google and other Alphabet-owned companies have banded together to form the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU). More than 50 Google contract employees voted to unionize last year in Pittsburgh, but the AWU now includes more than 200 dues-paying Google employees or contractors, and organizers say it is the first union open

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Apple’s App Store Draws Antitrust Scrutiny in European Union

Apple’s App Store Draws Antitrust Scrutiny in European Union

American investigations of Big Tech’s power, including those by the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general, have tended to lump Apple in with Google, Facebook and Amazon. But Apple was thought to be at the least risk of punishment there because its business practices appeared to be less problematic than its closest

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Amazon Set to Face Antitrust Charges in European Union

Amazon Set to Face Antitrust Charges in European Union

This month, Ms. Vestager signaled more action against American tech giants, including giving her office added antitrust powers to address structural competition problems within an industry rather than just individual cases against a single company. The European Commission, the executive body for the European Union, is also debating a new digital services law that would

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The State of the Union: Privacy Laws' Impact on the Sample Industry

The State of the Union: Privacy Laws’ Impact on the Sample Industry

Tuesday 24 March 2020, 7:00 am The beginning of a new year not only brings celebratory toasts and resolutions but, in politics, preparation for the State of the Union address. Dating back to 1790, the SOTU serves as a “report card” of sorts, as the president gives his or her take on the state of the nation and outlines the president’s

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State of the Union Offered Little for Business Amid Toxic Politics

State of the Union Offered Little for Business Amid Toxic Politics

Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night unfolded against a backdrop of both high-stakes political drama (the impeachment trial) and farce (the clown car of an Iowa Caucus whose results dribbled in throughout the evening). Viewers able to divert their attention from those spectacles approached the President’s speech with the usual question raised by

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Universal Postal Union Compromise “A Huge Win” for US Small Business

If you face competition from companies importing Chinese products at unfairly low rates, there is good news for you. A recent compromise at the Universal Postal Union’s emergency congress can get you an edge over your Chinese counterparts. Also, it can make your business more competitive. According to the latest development, the Universal Postal Union

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Union Street Media Selected for LeadingRE Solutions Group Program — RISMedia |

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, a global network of 565 top independent firms, has expanded its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources with the addition of Union Street Media. Union Street Media is a real estate digital marketing company, providing high-performing websites and custom omnichannel digital marketing solutions designed to drive more business. Their

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