by Mark Kreidler | Aug 17, 2026 | California, California Gig Workers Union, labor, News, Rideshare, SEIU, Uber, unionization
After a yearslong battle for worker rights that pulled the governor’s office and state legislators into the fray, Uber and Lyft drivers in California are on the doorstep of having their own union to negotiate with the rideshare giants. Can they win contracts? That answer isn’t nearly as clear. At a celebratory news conference Tuesday, organizers of the California Gig Workers Union…
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by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 7, 2026 | AI, BDS, Department of Defense, Gaza, Gaza war, Google, Israel, News, Pentagon, Tech Workers, unionization
On Tuesday, May 5, Google AI workers in the U.K. launched a unionization bid, as part of an attempt to end the use of their technology by Israel and the U.S. military. Workers at Google DeepMind — Google’s AI research laboratory, based in London — sent a letter to management Tuesday requesting recognition of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union as official…
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