Google datacenter contractors claim 'retaliation' for talking workers' rights
A trade union for Alphabet workers has made two complaints with the National Labor Relations Board against Google and its contractors about the treatment of tech workers at the search giant's US datacenters.
The Alphabet Workers Union filed two Unfair Labor Practice complaints on behalf of several staffers on October 5, claiming there was a"culture of harassment" against temporary, vendor, and contract officers with links to collective action.
The union is claiming that when Allied Universal was brought in as a replacement for a previous security contractor for Google Data Centers, workers were allegedly told they were no longer entitled to the minimum standard of benefits Google guarantees for all extended workers. Google uses the term"" to refer to contractors, contract workers, and independent companies who work for the search giant.
AWU says workers"collectively won back" those benefits earlier this month after petitioning both Allied Universal and Google, although the NLRB complaint stands. The workers claim the two companies breached Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act by"discriminating against employees because of their union activities or sympathies."
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