Google cafeteria

According to a source, thousands of Google cafeteria employees “quietly unionised during the pandemic.”

The next to join might be employees at the company’s Atlanta office.

According to a recent article in The Washington Post, 4,000 employees who work in Google’s cafeterias have joined unions since the COVID-19 outbreak began. About 90% of Google’s entire food services workforce, says the report, are now unionised.

This statistic is especially important because, like many of its competitors, the company’s cafeterias are primarily staffed by contract workers who are not entitled to the same benefits as full-time employees. In recent months, contractors from across the organisation have lobbied for more pay and more safeguards.

Workers in the Google cafeteria in Atlanta may soon become the newest unionised employees. Employees of the contracting company Sodexo apparently informed their manager that they intended to organise, and Sodexo stated that they would not oppose the action if “a majority” of the employees supported it.

Although it’s unclear when a formal agreement will be made, a Unite Here spokeswoman told The Washington Post that they were “hopeful that we can rapidly reach an agreement on a union contract.” Unite Here is the union that represents Google’s cafeteria workers. Since joining Unite Here, other Google cafeteria employees have already experienced a number of noteworthy advantages. The average unionised Google cafeteria employee makes $24 per hour, pays little to nothing for health insurance, and has access to a pension plan, according to The Post. In comparison, Atlanta-based Sodexo employees can afford to spend “hundreds” on health insurance despite earning $15 per hour.

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