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Re:Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency by izacus on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:04PM (#25291191)
In Zurich it seems that they managed to organize a Workers council: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/bloomberg/google-agrees-to-work...

Can't seem to find anything else.

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Re:Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency by throwaways885 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:18PM (#25291421)
There is a Workers Council being formed in the London office too.
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Re:Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency by pmoriarty on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:27PM (#25291585)
How does a Workers Council differ from a union?
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Re:Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency by Youden on Thursday December 03, 2020 @01:04PM (#25292175)
They're entirely different things.

A Workers' Council is a legally recognized body representing employees of a single employer. It has very limited rights and duties, like being informed in the case of mass layoffs.

A union is a body that represents workers in an entire industry. It can have whatever duties the employees feel like giving it.

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Re:Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency by pseudalopex on Thursday December 03, 2020 @02:49PM (#25293722)
Unions can represent workers in a single company. Most countries have laws about the rights and duties.
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