The petition calls on Alphabet to extend its reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare standard in the company’s US Wages and Benefits Standards to all workers.
Googlers demand abortion-related searches never be saved theregister.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theregister.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
At stake is whether Alphabet should be considered the boss of its global army of "temps, vendors, and contractors,” which now comprises most of its workforce.
Sub-contracted Alphabet Inc workers in Missouri are petitioning the US government to make the company collectively bargain with them, opening a new front in the struggle over what the Internet giant owes workers it claims aren’t its employees.