Google employees around the world have joined forces to form a global union alliance, adding to the case of accelerating the unity of technology employees, which is expected to become an object of emulation for employees of other technology giants.
Technology website The Verge reports that the union, called Alpha Global, is composed of 13 unions with members from 10 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland; Alpha Global is part of the UNI global union.
Google employees in the U.S., Canada and other countries formed the Alphabet Labor Union (AWU) in early January; AWU membership grew from 230 to more than 700 within a week, and AWU union director Parul Koul said in a statement, “We know that in a global company like Alphabet, organizing a union to pursue justice does not stop at national borders.
The AWU is a “minority union” that uses solidarity with employees to expand its power, and its structure allows both contract and full-Time Google employees to join the union, but it also means that the union is not currently recognized by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and cannot bring Google management to the bargaining table.
Alphabet Global also aims to unite Google employees in different countries to expand the strength of the organization. The coalition will not enter into a legally binding agreement with Google, at least at first. But Alphabet Global may try to pressure Google to sign a neutrality agreement in the future, so that the company will support the union’s operations.
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