Friday, August 3, 2018

Employees of security firms working for Google and Facebook, ignored by the high tech robber barons

This excellent article by Kate Conger in Gizmodo explains why despite having a union they cannot extract any concession from their employers while Google and Facebook, who should be considered joint employers, do nothing to implement requirements that would protect people working for them. Shame on them. It's exactly what happened to us: Lionbridge and the other contractors only changed their policies because Microsoft forced them to do something to keep their contracts. We were laid off when Microsoft had enough of us winning our charges of joint employment to NLRB. But Google nor FB can send away their security officers. If not publicly exposed and shamed they can keep ignoring the situation, letting their contractors exploit the people who take care of their security :(
Spread the shame until they do the right thing: change their requirements for their contractors.

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