YouTube Music workers are on strike to fight a forced return to the office, per the Alphabet Workers’ Union: https://twitter.com/AlphabetWorkers/status/1621471743763423232
“BREAKING 🚨 YouTube Music workers are starting a strike today after @Cognizant and @Google management announced they were forcing workers to return to office on February 6. This is the first strike for @AlphabetWorkers’ and the first known strike at Google. #YouTubeStrike”
> The vast majority of us were hired remotely, from all over Texas and all over the country. After we filed for our union election, the companies announced a “return to office” plan, telling our coworkers that if they didn’t move to Austin and report to the office, they would lose their jobs.
A statement from YouTube Music’s striking workers: https://alphabetworkersunion.org/power/youtube-music/
YouTube Music Content Operations Go Link: go.awu.fyi/YouTubeMusicCampaign We, the workers of YouTube Music, employed by Cognizant Technology Solutions and Google, are on a ULP strike after both companies retaliated against our legal right to unionize. The vast majority of us were hired remotely, from all over Texas and all over the country. After we filed for our union election, the companies announced a “return to office” plan, telling our coworkers that if they didn’t move to Austin and report to the office, they would lose their jobs.
Ethan Marcotte
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