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In an email obtained by Motherboard, Google tells YouTube Music workers it will "not be participating in collective bargaining."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost certainly misclassified employees which is also illegal. But sadly something that is largely just... permitted and ignored.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The employees are not contractors, but it looks like they work for a firm which has been hired by Google. Reading a little further it does look like NLRB has found that Google is considered a joint employer and would be obligated to bargain. Which they're not doing, I guess hoping for an appeal to go their way.