Alphabet Workers Union
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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), also informally referred to as the Google Union,[1][2][3] is an American trade union of workers employed at Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, with a membership of over 800, in a company with 130,000 employees, not including temps, contractors, and vendors in the United States.[4][2] It was announced on January 4, 2021 with an initial membership of over 400,[5] after over a year of secret organizing, and the union includes all types of workers at Alphabet, including full-time, temporary, vendors and contractors of all job types.
Founded | January 4, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-04) |
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Members | 1,200 (Oct. 2022) |
Affiliations | Campaign to Organize Digital Employees, CWA Local 9009 |
Website | alphabetworkersunion |
It has been called a minority union and a solidarity union,[6] and is not registered with the National Labor Relations Board, and generally cannot engage in collective bargaining.[7][2][8] In March, 2022 subcontractors of Google Fiber became the first within the AWU to gain NLRB recognition.
AWU is part of the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees, an effort to organize unions at tech companies. Initially it was part of CWA Local 1400, until it became its own standalone Local 9009 in May 2023.[9]