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Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement

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Re: Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement

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Post by pessimizer »

hirundo wrote: post #2

> So far, AWU has called on YouTube to permanently ban Donald Trump So one of the top priorities of the union is to push the company to cancel more freely, to shrink the overton window, to be more politically partisan and to conceal more from their customers for their own good. Of course they have every right to do so, but it doesn't give me confidence that this union will be a positive force.

It reads like there are wreckers in AWU that just wanted it to be a generator of #resistance press releases, and they're becoming very angry that it might be used for the sake of Google workers around the world.

That being said, CWU looks to have screwed this up royally, and having a vote on international affiliation surrounded by a bunch of pomp would have been a great way to generate press.

Re: Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement

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Post by tyingq »

crazygringo wrote: post #8

This seems... exaggerated and not particularly newsworthy, like the journalist's trying to make a big story out of something tiny: > In a statement, AWU executive council member Auni Ahsan said: “We want to honor the concerns that have been raised, but our primary focus as a union isn’t affiliation or disaffiliation.” > After the article came out, however, multiple AWU members told The Verge they were blindsided by t…

I imagine the real issue is whether affiliating with a larger union is something that should be up for vote with the members, or at least an open debate.

Re: Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement

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Post by geofft »

g6men wrote: post #6

Well this is certainly some fun drama to watch. Having Google TC and deciding to unionize and risk it all is certainly a risky choice. Google at E5/E6 is a “comfortable FIRE in 10 years” place if levels.fyi is correct.

Isn't it the opposite? If you're at a FIRE point, there's no downside to trying to do possibly-job-ending things at your workplace. You're ready to leave anyway.

And anyone who's been at Google for a few years, even not at L5, will have no trouble finding a job elsewhere that pays as much (or more - last time I had a Google offer they flatly refused to match fintech salaries). Just make sure your name doesn't get into stories like this and resign a bit early if it seems like you're losing.

Re: Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement

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Post by megaman821 »

crazygringo wrote: post #8

This seems... exaggerated and not particularly newsworthy, like the journalist's trying to make a big story out of something tiny: > In a statement, AWU executive council member Auni Ahsan said: “We want to honor the concerns that have been raised, but our primary focus as a union isn’t affiliation or disaffiliation.” > After the article came out, however, multiple AWU members told The Verge they were blindsided by t…

Exaggerated like a few hundred employees joining a union when the company employs over 100,000 people.

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Post by footlose_3815 »

DC1350 wrote: post #7
footlose_3815 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I agree. Joe Biden should be taken off the air for allowing 4000 Americans to die from COVID every day and countless others to be blown up by the military that he commands.

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Post by footlose_3815 »

oji0hub wrote: post #9
footlose_3815 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Keep in mind the very same people supported organizations like antifa and blm who killed or got killed a lot more than 5 people over the past few years...

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Post by sp332 »

oji0hub wrote: post #9
footlose_3815 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Keep in mind the very same people supported organizations like antifa and blm who killed or got killed a lot more than 5 people over the past few years...

Source for antifa or BLM body count?
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