Even India’s tech workers are interested in employee unions
The Alphabet Workers Union aims to ensure employees work at a fair wage.
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Earlier this week, over 400 engineers and other employees at Google announced they were forming a union in the US. It’s a highly rare development in the tech industry, considering how averse organizations are towards employee unions. In a way, the Alphabet Workers Union is a manifestation of the active activism the workers have been doing to make the management more accountable and ethical in its dealings inside and outside the organization.
Tech workers in India show interest in unionisation after Google employees form labour union in US
The formation of the union at Google, which has created a rare foothold for the labour movement in the tech industry, has gained the attention of labour economists in India
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More than 200 employees and contractors at Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc in the United States and Canada have formed a labour union to promote workplace equity and ethical business practices.
The formation of the union, which has created a rare foothold for the labour movement in the tech industry, has gained the attention of labour economists in India, reported Mint.