Google contract workers seek USW representation
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By KRIS B. MAMULA
Google contract information technology workers at HCL America Inc. are asking the National Labor Relations Board for a vote on representation by the Pittsburgh Association of Technical Professionals, a project of the United Steelworkers union.
More than 66 percent of HCL’s 90 employees at Google’s offices in Bakery Square signed cards seeking union representation, according to an announcement from the union. A vote by employees is needed before collective bargaining could begin for a labor contract.
The NLRB will determine whether the cards and signatures collected meet the criteria for an election.
According to the USW, HCL America staff work side by side with employees of search engine giant Google at “far less compensation and few, if any, of the perks.”
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