Thread by @AlphabetWorkers

We're Alphabet workers. We’ve been organizing for over a year, & we’re finally ready to share why.

This morning, we're announcing #AWU, the first union open to *all* workers at any Alphabet company.

Every worker deserves a union—including tech workers.
nytimes.com/2021/01/04/tec…

The past few years at Google have been tumultuous: secret military AI projects, multi-million dollar payouts to execs who sexually harassed our coworkers, profiting from hate speech, & more.

Coworkers who've voiced concerns have even been fired, illegally, as retaliation.

And the only thing that's changed anything is worker organizing.

Worker organizing got Project Maven & Project Dragonfly cancelled.

It got 20,000+ Googlers to walk out against sexual harassment.

It got $15 min wage & healthcare for contractors.

And it's going to get us more.

Yet problems persist.

We still have discrimination, harassment, & retaliation at Google. Over half our workforce are TVCs—paid less, w/fewer benefits, for often the exact same work. A few at the top are getting enormously rich while others see nothing of that wealth.

That isn't the company we want to work for. We deserve a workplace that respects us, where we can work for a fair wage without fear of abuse or discrimination. We deserve meaningful control over the projects we work on & the direction of this company.

So we're building on all these past organizing efforts & more to create a structure for a unified worker voice.

We're organizing w/@CWAUnion @CODE_CWA, w/dues-paying members, an elected board, & paid organizers.

We'll work to undo inequalities & injustices at Alphabet.

We'll be open to *all* Alphabet workers—full-time employees & TVCs.

If you're a worker at any Alphabet company, join us.

alphabetworkersunion.org