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Daily Crunch: Hundreds of Google and Alphabet employees unionize



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Google employees take another step in their activism, Venmo adds a check-cashing feature and Slack has some issues. This is your Daily Crunch for January 4, 2021.
The big story: Hundreds of Google and Alphabet employees unionize
More than 200 employees at Google and its parent company Alphabet have announced that they have formed the Alphabet Workers Union.
Obviously, that’s only a tiny fraction of Alphabet’s workforce of more than 130,000 employees. But according to The New York Times, the group is a “minority union” designed to give more structure to employee activism, rather than one that negotiates for a contract. And …

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