Google contract workers accuse Alphabet and Accenture of violating labor laws
Now, the union has filed a complaint against Alphabet and Accenture with the National Labor Relations Board alleging retaliatory layoffs in violation of labor laws, the AWU-CWA wrote in a press release.
"When my coworkers and I announced our union with overwhelming support, Google and Accenture management refused to acknowledge us," said general writer at Accenture and Google, Anjail Muhammad, in a statement."A few short weeks later they announced their response — that they would be laying off dozens of employees. These jobs aren’t going away though, we’re just being asked to train our replacements abroad.
Alphabet effectively washed its hands of the issue when the layoffs were first announced, saying that"Google does not control [the contractor's] employment terms or working conditions" and that the situation was"a matter between them and their employer, Accenture.
In their original union application, workers listed Google and Accenture as joint employers"due to the direct role both companies play in shaping working conditions," they said in the original.
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