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Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO

5 hours ago
  • #Tech Layoffs
  • #AI Impact
  • #Worker Rights
  • Google workers petition for layoff protections, citing AI investment as tech companies cut jobs.
  • Petition demands guaranteed severance, buyouts before layoffs, and end to performance ratings based on quotas.
  • Alphabet Workers Union highlights 2023 mass layoffs and criticizes Google's profit-over-people approach.
  • Meta and Oracle also face AI-related layoffs, with workers suing over AI-driven termination decisions.
  • Union campaign previously secured voluntary exit packages for over 70,000 Alphabet employees.