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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“We had exercised our right to organize as members of the Alphabet Workers Union-CWA in order to bring both Google and Accenture, a Google subcontractor, to the bargaining table to negotiate on several key demands, including layoff protections.”

Google only started accepting contractors and recruiters because they were expanding before the pandemic. They probably wanted to get rid of both of those anyway.

They will show through internal communication that this was planned all along. Any retaliation protection this union thought they had doesn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google has been using Accenture for decades and would have continued to do so.

Union busting in this matter has been proven to be a crime that will not be prosecuted and therefore, it is rampant and flagrant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Accenture and Google's relationship has changed throughout the years. They are partners in cloud services. I'm not sure what their role is in other divisions though.