Google has made big headlines not because of new tech rollouts, but for its response to massive organizing around workplace disputes
for ending forced arbitration more broadly – across a bigger set of disputes and across all workers at Google, including contractors and temporary workers. These groups' success points to the real change that collective action and organizing can create in the tech sector.
Contracted workers include cleaners, food service workers and drivers – not just the highly paid data scientists that generally come to mind when you hear the words “Google employee.” These employees are do not receive crucial benefits such as health insurance, and independent contractors have long been prevented from sharing in basic employment rights and benefits .
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