Google Workers Publicly Launch Union

After several years of escalating tension between workers and management at Google, Google workers have publicly launched a unionization effort—a critical step in an industry where labor has become increasingly organized. Crucially, the union will be open to all of the more than 120,000 employees who work for Google and its parent company, Alphabet.

On Monday, workers announced the establishment of the Alphabet Workers Union with the support of one of the country's largest labor unions, the Communications Workers of America (CWA).