Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget
Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget
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Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget
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Something has to be done about this shit. We can't allowed society to continue to be degraded because a handful of people think they deserve the fruits of everybody else's labor.
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I think noone is surprised that all these big tech companies don't care about people.
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Lawsuit time!
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Because of their contractor status they may not have any grounds to do so. Looks real shitty though for sure.
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That's fucked up. Hopefully we can change that law some day.
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Contractors make all these issues muddy and provide easy loopholes.
Generally a company will sign on a contractor with specific requirements. If the contracting company can no longer financially meet them, such as due to unionization, the contract is cancelled.
The rub is probably that the contract terms are not achievable while being fair to the end-of-the-line workers. I’m not sure how to fix this.
I’ve accidentally caused this myself. I put out a publicly funded contract with stiff terms to ‘keep the contractors honest.’ What that ended up meaning is that the contractor became a horrible place to work since they cut corners, and the company still makes their money. That contract was eventually canceled due to documented violations, so then all their employees were just plain unemployed.
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Remember when Google's official motto was "don't do evil?"
Apparently, they don't.
Yup, they felt bad, reflected long and hard upon it, and decided to ditch that motto.
Apple PR gonna be like you heard @RagingNerdoholic, WE DON’T do evil. Thank you!
lol. only those who lack something need to keep emphasizing it. Google has always been evil.