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260. Organizing Tech Labor (ft. Alphabet Workers Union)

This Machine Kills

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How to Take Advantage of Opportunities When Nobody Wants to Talk to You

In 2018, there was something called the women's walkout at Google. This isn't response to some Android executive getting this huge multi-million dollar payout after like a lot of sexual harassment allegations. There's like six demands raised alongside the Women's Walkout. And then the company really is just good at kind of diffusing these demands. We're going to listen to you, we'll hold ourselves accountable,. But when it comes to like, what do people organize around? Do they want to come together for a union? Like, it's one thing to say, like, you're pro union. It's another thing to says, like, I'm down for this union. You

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