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Voting is open for workers for a Google Fiber subcontractor in Missouri, who are deciding whether to unionize as part of the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), a division of the Communication Workers of America. If successful, the 12 workers, who are employed by staffing agency BDS Connected Solutions as workers at Google Fiber stores, <\/em>would be the AWU\u2019s first bargaining unit to be recognized by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). <\/p>\n

The workers have to mail their ballots back to the NLRB by March 24th, when they\u2019ll be counted by the agency\u2019s regional office. <\/p>\n

Google spokesperson Jennifer Rodstrom noted in an email to The Verge<\/em> that the AWU petition filed with the NLRB<\/a> mentions BDS, but not Google. \u201cWe have many contracts with both unionized and non-union suppliers, and respect their employees\u2019 right to choose whether or not to join a union, just as we do for these employees of BDS Solutions Group,\u201d Rodstrom wrote in the email. \u201cWe expect all our suppliers to treat and pay their employees fairly, whether they are unionized or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

BDS did not reply to a request for comment on Friday.<\/p>\n

The workers originally sought to have Google parent company Alphabet and BDS listed as joint employers on their petition to the NLRB, but later changed the petition to include only BDS. <\/p>\n

Parul Koul, a software engineer at Google and executive chair of ALU, said the group did not think they\u2019d be able to get recognition from the NLRB for Alphabet\u2019s entire workforce but knew they wanted to include temps, vendors, contractors, and subcontractors as part of their push to organize. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us at AWU are tremendously proud of the Google Fiber workers for doing the hard job of speaking to each other about their working conditions, organizing their colleagues, and deciding, collectively, to unionize,\u201d Koul said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re we\u2019re looking forward to this being the first of many NLRB-recognized bargaining units in the AWU family.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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