Alphabet Workers-CWA Members Win Free Speech Fight with Google

In August, members of Alphabet Workers Union-CWA Local 9009 filed an unfair labor practice charge after Google prohibited employees from discussing antitrust litigation brought by the Department of Justice against the company. Last week, the union announced that they had reached an agreement with Google protecting the rights of all Google workers to speak freely about the case.

“It’s encouraging that Google has reversed its course on restricting our federally protected right to free expression,” said Parul Koul, Software Engineer and President of the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America Local 9009. “All workers in the United States have the right to discuss their working conditions, and for us this acknowledgement comes at an important time as the government is due to impose antitrust remedies that could affect our work dramatically.”‍

Learn more at www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/union-victory-against-googles-antitrust-gag-order.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.