{"id":67223,"date":"2022-09-06T01:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/thousands-of-googles-cafeteria-workers-quietly-unionized-during-the-pandemic-report-says\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T01:52:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:52:58","slug":"thousands-of-googles-cafeteria-workers-quietly-unionized-during-the-pandemic-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/thousands-of-googles-cafeteria-workers-quietly-unionized-during-the-pandemic-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers ‘quietly unionized during the pandemic,’ report says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 4,000 of people who work in Google’s cafeterias have joined unions, according to a new report in The Washington Post<\/em>. According to the report, \u201cabout 90 percent of total food services workers at Google\u201d are now unionized. <\/p>\n

That number is particularly significant as the company’s cafeterias, like many of its peers, are overwhelmingly staffed by contract workers who don’t get the same benefits as full-time employees. Contractors across the company have pushed for and increased in recent months.<\/p>\n

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Cafeteria workers at Google’s Atlanta office could soon be the latest to join the ranks of unionized workers. Workers employed by a contracting firm called Sodexo reportedly told their manager they plan to unionize, and Sodexo said they would not block the move if \u201ca majority\u201d of workers supported it.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear when an official agreement may be reached but a spokesperson for Unite Here, the union representing Google’s cafeteria workers, told The Post <\/em>they were \u201chopeful that we can quickly reach an agreement on a union contract.\u201d Other cafeteria workers at Google have already seen significant benefits since joining Unite Here. according to The Post<\/em>, \u201cthe average unionized worker at a Google cafeteria makes $24 an hour, pays little to nothing for health insurance and has access to a pension plan.\u201d By contrast, the Sodexo workers in Atlanta make $15 an hour and can spend \u201chundreds\u201d on health insurance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 4,000 of people who work in Google’s cafeterias have joined unions, according to a new report in The Washington Post. According to the report, \u201cabout 90 percent of total food services workers at Google\u201d are now unionized. That number is particularly significant as the company’s cafeterias, like many …<\/p>\n

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