Subj : Google's Swiss employees strike - again - as 200 jobs cut
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Mar 16 2023 15:15:03

Google's Swiss employees strike - again - as 200 jobs cut

Date:
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:00:46 +0000

Description:
Workers are fighting back in offices around the world as Google continues to 
cut costs and lay workers off.

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Hundreds of Googles employees have walked out of its Zurich offices in 
protest against the way the company has handled its mass layoffs so far this 
year, one month after a similar, smaller protest. 

Earlier in February, IT workers union Syndicom announced that around 250 
workers had engaged in a strike in solidarity with those laid off by the 
company worldwide. 

Now, a month later, an estimated 400-500 employees in that same office have 
done exactly the same following the news that an additional 200 colleagues 
have been laid off. Google strikes, protests, and layoffs 

Now, Syndicom claims that Google has dismissed workers requests and proposals 
to reduce and prevent layoffs. 

According to the workers union, 2,500 employees from Googles Zurich campus 
alone offered to reduce working hours voluntarily in a bid to save the roles 
of many workers that were likely to face future redundancies. 

It also says that the employee representation committee, together with the 
Syndicom union, are now in talks with Google to negotiate an extended social 
plan. 

Clearly, workers are most outraged about Googles lack of transparency around 
redundancies despite making billions in profits. Read more 

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According to layoffs.fyi , which has been tracking redundancies across the 
industry, Google has announced the largest headcount reduction in one go, by 
12,000, in January, though this only represents 6% of the companys workforce 
with other companies more than doubling this percentage. 

Google has come under scrutiny in other territories, too, with workers in its 
Cloud division based in five office spaces across Kirkland, New York City, 
San Francisco, Seattle, and Sunnyvale all challenging the companys recent 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/googles-swiss-employees-strike-again-as-200-job
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