article: The ABC’s of Google’s New Union by Clarissa Redwine from Collective Action in Tech, 1/24/21
Kickstarter organizer Clarissa Redwine discusses the unique structure of Google's union which is "what’s known as a non-contract union, an open union, a minority union, or a solidarity union." This is different from traditional unions most in the US are familiar with which follow procedures outlined in the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.
Discussion of different structures and approaches to unionizing is a welcome development, both to challenge old, fixed ideas about what a union is and to figure out how to best respond to the innovation in ownership and management going on the past few decades.
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