In this episode, Shannon Wait — Alphabet Workers Union-CWA organizer — speaks with me about the labour conditions for data center and AI workers. We talk about contracts, sub-contracts, sub-sub-contracts, NDAs, invisible labour -- and how all of this leads to unions, solidarity, and a fight for tech workers’ rights globally. Recorded May 8, 2025. Released June 2, 2025. 

Interview with Shannon Wait, Alphabet Workers Union-CWA Organizer (2024)

https://poweratwork.us/shannon-wait-interview

A union of Alphabet workers in the U.S. and Canada

https://www.alphabetworkersunion.org/

Google Raters Participated in Historic Action at Google HQ to Demand Google End Poverty Wages for 5,000 Workers

https://code-cwa.org/news/google-raters-participated-historic-action

The woman who took on Google and won (2021)

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56659212

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