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Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.

Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Google’s refusal to bargain with a group of unionized YouTube Music contractors is illegal. The three-member panel decided that despite denials by Google, which owns YouTube Music, and its subcontractor Cognizant, the two are, in fact, joint employers of the Austin-based workers who perform data-related tasks, like finding errors in its charts algorithm.  “At all material times, Respondents Cognizant and Google have codetermined the essential… Source link

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These 23 Companies Got $50 Billion in Tax Breaks Due to a Trump Tax Law – ITEP

These 23 Companies Got $50 Billion in Tax Breaks Due to a Trump Tax Law – ITEP

The government spending bill that was just passed through the Senate and awaits approval from Congress is estimated to total nearly $1.7 trillion. While it will fund a variety of initiatives like aid to Ukraine and enhanced retirement savings, it will not extend “accelerated depreciation” tax breaks, which were initiated during the Trump administration and seen by many as corporate tax cuts. Read more. Source link

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