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Google's an instructive example, because they have a small union in the US, and their mission statement (https://alphabetworkersunion.org/principles/mission-statemen...) focuses exclusively on corporate ethics and diversity. It wouldn't be fair to say they don't care about wages or layoffs, but they seem to be clear side topics.

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You read that whole mission statement and your takeaway was their focus was diversity? I think this says more about your biases than about the aims of the Alphabet Workers Union.

nowhere in that thing do I see any mention of things like work life balance, it's just a bunch of claptrap about "infrastructures of oppression". Whatever that's supposed to mean

no wonder it's a small union. No economic incentives? No thanks

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