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There are worse places for a president to introduce the themes of his final campaign than in a primetime, nationally televised speech before a joint session of Congress. So that’s precisely what President Biden did Thursday night, capitalizing on the pomp and circumstance of his annual State of the Union address — and the massive media spotlight it commands — to frame the coming general election clash with his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, as an existential struggle over… Source link

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Google laid off the YouTube Music team on Friday. The Alphabet Workers Union said members were paid as little as $19 an hour. Getty Images The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job after going on strike last year. Some of the workers were lobbying for support for their union at an Austin City Council meeting. A Google spokesperson said the move was a regular contract termination. The entire YouTube Music team… Source link

CNN  —  Google’s refusal to bargain with unionized YouTube Music workers is illegal, a Wednesday ruling from the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found. After a group of Texas-based contract workers for YouTube Music unanimously voted last April to join the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), Google refused to bargain over… Source link

(Adds comments from Katie-Marie Marschner in paragraphs 9 and 10) By Daniel Wiessner Jan 4 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google violated U.S. labor law by refusing to bargain with a union representing contract workers for YouTube Music, a federal agency has ruled. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a decision on Wednesday rejected claims by Google, which owns YouTube, that it should not be considered the employer of workers provided by staffing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions. The… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google workers in Japan have joined a labor union in response to planned layoffs  Engadget Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Biden touts “Buy American” plan during State of the Union  Yahoo News Source link

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The Russian Football Union reaffirmed its desire to see Russian teams return to international competition on Friday following its decision not to leave UEFA and seek membership with Asia’s football confederation instead. European football’s governing body, UEFA, banned Moscow from competition after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February. However, despite Russia’s mooted abandonment of UEFA, a Friday meeting of the Russian Football Union’s executive committee decided… Source link

Starbucks reported record quarterly revenue in fiscal Q4, but the strain of ongoing unionization efforts remains. As of Friday, there are 320 Starbucks locations that have conducted unionization ballot counts. Of those, 257 have voted yes to unionize, 57 have voted no, and 6 are challenge-determinative. Of those that voted yes, 248 have been certified, and Starbucks is expected to begin bargaining in good faith with the union, according to the National Labor Relations Board. However, a… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Contract workers at Google’s data centers allege that they were fired for supporting a union and faced retaliation after pushing for better benefits, according to a pair of complaints filed this week with the US National Labor Relations Board. The Alphabet Workers Union, whose members include both direct employees and subcontracted staff for Google’s parent company, claims that two workers at a data center in Council Bluffs,… Source link