DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml to unions@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strikewww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12cross-posted to: labour@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmy.mlworkreform@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinebrainworms@lemm.eeyoutubemusic@lemmy.worldyoutube@lemmy.worldgoogle@lemmy.worldlabormovement@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strikewww.vice.comDigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml to unions@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: labour@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmy.mlworkreform@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinebrainworms@lemm.eeyoutubemusic@lemmy.worldyoutube@lemmy.worldgoogle@lemmy.worldlabormovement@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squaredingleberry@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoNot their employer.
minus-squareDigitalJacobin@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s more complicated than that. The NLRB, however, upheld on two occasions that Google and Cognizant were joint employers of the YouTube Music workers, and that therefore both companies were obligated to bargain a contract with them. Google said it would appeal the decision.
Not their employer.
It’s more complicated than that.