How Google changed in the aftermath of a walkout by 20K employees, which helped inspire a new wave of tech worker activism across the tech industry
Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @mattdpearce , @latimes , @latimes , @jmbooyah , @dgorganize , and @_am1t Tweets: Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce : This is a new one in the annals of labor relations: https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @latimes : Google has been known for making space for its people to pursue activism through their jobs. Now, employees say the company has grown cagier about how it responds to worker concerns. https://www.latimes.com/... @latimes : At Amazon, Microsoft and Google, thousands of workers have protested against doing business with oil and gas companies. Contracts with ICE have inspired petitions within Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce. Welcome to the new age of worker activism. https://www.latimes.com/... Johana Bhuiyan / @jmbooyah : NEW: The Google Walkout ushered in a new wave of tech worker activism, where workers are willing to publicly challenge execs. Internally, Google employees are still agitating for change, some even discussing the possibility of creating a solidarity union https://www.latimes.com/... Daniel Gross / @dgorganize : Deeply reported piece. The current cohort of national labor reporters is full of outstanding talent. Certainly a must read. (As you might imagine, I disagree with the framing of solidarity unionism but still a very impressively reported article nonetheless.) https://twitter.com/... Amit Gawande / @_am1t : It's ironic (and not surprising at all) that a call from empolyees to be a bit more empathetic is exactly what made Google to be less so - at the same time, made it a lot less transperant. https://twitter.com/...