Dare Obasanjo

Google will no longer require its vendors to pay $15 minimum wage and provide health benefits.

This change was to avoid having to negotiate with unions of vendor companies that argue Google is their employer given how much it dictates their working conditions.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-scraps-minimum-wage-benefits-rules-suppliers-staffing-firms-2024-04-19/

Apr 20, 2024 at 10:18amWeb
Show threadvox popsicle vox deiApr 20, 2024
@carnage4life that's a pyrrhic victory if I've ever seen one
Show threadNicolas ÉvrardApr 20, 2024
@carnage4life this will make DHH very happy https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-are-a-place-of-business-a451eddf
We are a place of business

After the disastrous launch of their Gemini AI, which insisted that George Washington was actually Black and couldn't decide whether Musk's tweets or Hitler was worse, Google's response was timid and weak. This was just a bug! A problem with QA! It absolutely, positively wasn't a reflection of corrupted culture at Google, which now app...

Show threadAllen C MarshallApr 20, 2024
@carnage4life @JessTheUnstill @TheJen @JenWojcik
Show threadLaukidhApr 20, 2024
@carnage4life after they fired those workers this week, I realized I still had a couple shares. That’s dealt with.
Show threadVoronApr 20, 2024
@carnage4life yet another reason to use the hashtag #fgoogle b/c f*ck #google and once again we need damn #unions workers pay & benefits are something #corporations will always seek to reduce no matter how much the lie about it to us