The labor board ruled that Google is a joint employer of a group of Austin-based contractors for YouTube Music, and must join them at the bargaining table.
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Google’s refusal to bargain with a group of unionized YouTube Music contractors is illegal. The three-member panel decided that despite denials by Google, which owns YouTube Music, and its subcontractor Cognizant, the two are, in fact, joint employers of the Austin-based workers who perform data-related tasks, like finding errors in its charts algorithm.
The contractors, who are paid as little as $19 per hour and include many hired remotely, argued that additional expenses for childcare and transportation meant returning to the office simply wasn’t feasible. This is a familiar turn of events for Alphabet-owned Google. Back in November, the NLRB issued a similar ruling over a group of Bard and Search contractors who had voted to unionize — classifying both Google and Accenture as joint employers.
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