From: submissions@telecom-digest.org   
      
   YouTube   
      
   Workers at YouTube’s Music Content Operations in Austin, Texas,   
   unanimously voted to join CWA this week. The workers, who are members   
   of Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA), are employed by Cognizant   
   Technology Solutions, a subcontractor of Alphabet. This is a major   
   milestone in the fight to prevent companies from avoiding   
   responsibility by subcontracting work. In March, the National Labor   
   Relations Board ruled that both Alphabet and Cognizant must negotiate   
   with the YouTube Music workers on any collective bargaining agreement   
   because Alphabet exercises direct and indirect control over their   
   work.   
      
   Since forming their union in October 2022, the workers have been faced   
   with aggressive union busting from their employer, including a   
   retaliatory Return-To-Office (RTO) mandate which would have forced   
   dozens of workers to “voluntarily terminate” from their jobs. The   
   workers have been fighting back by building solidarity and support for   
   their union and holding workplace actions, including the first known   
   strike at Alphabet, which also owns Google. For months, they stood out   
   on the picket line, held major rallies, engaged their communities, and   
   garnered support from other workers, union members, and elected   
   officials.   
      
   https://cwa-union.org/news/organizing-update-198   
      
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