Re:Google union in turmoil following global alliance announc...
by scarmig on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:04PM
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It is a bit more than that. Members give 1% of their TC to the union (which is exceptionally high, by the usual standards of union dues and the actual member services the union provides).
The model of unionism you reference isn't universal or even the most common cross culturally. Even within the US, pre-New Deal minority unionism was the dominant form of worker organization.
Everyone got so caught up in the unionization narrative that they didn't even read the details of the union in the first place. Specifically, this union isn't the kind of union with collective bargaining rights, which is what most people assume when they see the word "union".
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/04/google-...
> The Alphabet Workers Union will push for change without traditional collective bargaining rights.
This pseudo-union is more like a Discord group of 100-200 Google employees who will try to influence change together, without actually forming a traditional union.