We represent groups of workers from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Our organizations typically focus on a range of issues, from better workplace protections to the pursuit of environmental justice and the demilitarization of our technology. This is our first statement together.

After learning the Pentagon has demanded that Anthropic abandon all AI safety guardrails in their contract with the U.S. military – and that Anthropic has refused to capitulate to these demands – Alphabet Workers Union released the following statement: www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/alphab...

In late 2024, @tahlia-k.bsky.social and her coworkers became the first @alphabetworkersunion.org members on the Google Help team to secure a collective bargaining agreement with Google vendor Accenture that includes workplace tech protections. How did they do it? www.youtube.com/shorts/_lMcd...

Our elected AWU Comms Chair Emma Jackson spoke with Labor On the Line about opposing Big Tech's ICE contracts and the importance of building union power at Google. Check out the video on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DU3kiHigv2y/

Despite being back at work, Kickstarter is retaliating against our teammates for our legally-protected strike action from last year. Tell Kickstarter’s CEO this is both ILLEGAL and UNACCEPTABLE

Roses are red, layoffs are bad. Go/job-security – signing is rad! Happy Valentine's Day from Googlers for Job Security! We’d LOVE it if you joined our movement for change at Google. Sign the petition at go.awu.fyi/job-security (or on-corp at the address in the poem above!) 💌

💌 Will you sign our Googlers for Job Security petition? 💌 Fresh off our latest win, today Googlers on campuses across the country got together to write Valentines to our coworkers inviting them to join our movement!

✊ ORGANIZING WORKS ✊ On Feb 10, Google once again expanded their Voluntary Exit Packages, offering VEPs to workers in Global Business & Operations for the 1st time and to Platforms & Devices for a 2nd time. The AWU EBoard released the following statement: www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/alphab...

AWU members in the Bay Area are standing in solidarity with United Educators of SF, who went on strike today for the first time in nearly 50 years! If you’re an AWU member in the Bay, join us on the UESF picket lines for as long as it takes for our educators to win the contract they deserve! #1u

Last week, our members & coworkers stood up against the fear & division ICE is attempting to sow and showed our power at local demonstrations, including the National Day of Action on Jan 30. Hundreds of members joined actions throughout the week and united in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors!

AWU STATEMENT ✍️ In response to the increase in ICE violence across the country and in Minnesota, the Executive Board of the Alphabet Workers Union released the following statement: www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/alphab... "An attack on any immigrant worker is an attack on all of us."

Join us tomorrow for an important discussion on tech worker organizing feat Alphabet Workers Union member Tahlia Kirk!

The Trump administration has unleashed masked federal agents on city streets, including Washington, D.C., LA, Chicago, Charlotte, & now Minneapolis. Over the past month, CWA has witnessed several instances of aggression toward our members. THREAD ---> cwa-union.org/news/cwa-mem...

Tech workers say: ICE out of our neighborhoods! Alphabet Workers Union members in Boston and San Francisco hit the streets yesterday in solidarity with communities resisting ICE in Minneapolis and in our own backyards.

@german-c.bsky.social and @tnewmsblues.bsky.social will moderate the conversation. Panelists include: - Tahlia Kirk @alphabetworkersunion.org - Lisa Kresge @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social - Varun Iyengar @amzn4climate.bsky.social REGISTER NOW: techequity.us/event/worker...

AWU member Tahlia Kirk will be featured on this important panel on organizing in tech! Join us⬇️

A message from CWA President Claude Cummings Jr.: Today we honor, as a union and as a nation, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest civil rights leaders in our shared history. Thread -->

One day longer, one day stronger! AWU members in NYC hit the picket lines today in solidarity with @nynurses.bsky.social fighting for safe staffing, healthcare benefits, patient safety, and a fair contract! #1u #NYCNurseStrike

On January 4, 2026, Alphabet Workers Union turned 5! To celebrate our union’s 5th birthday, AWU members reflected on our first 5 years as a union. Some of us are founding members and some of us joined just this month – but we're all building worker power at Alphabet.

The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)

Solidarity with NYC nurses on strike starting TODAY!

Tech giants are making massive investments in generative AI, integrating it into their existing products and selling access to the foundational models to other businesses and consumers. But all that money and power isn’t making its way down to the people who make AI actually work: data workers.

New from @noamscheiber.bsky.social, featuring @emilymazo.bsky.social @js-tan.bsky.social @techworkerscoalition.org @alphabetworkersunion.org & many more: “tech worker activism has continued amid the crackdown, albeit more cautiously” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...

We’re Googlers for Job Security, and we’re headed into the holiday break feeling more united than ever. Hundreds and hundreds of Google workers have taken action for job security this year. Have you? Sign the petition and join our movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security-letter

AWU STATEMENT✍️ In response to last week’s announcement that Google has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of War, the elected Executive Board of the Alphabet Workers Union released the following statement: www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/awu-st...

Forget Labubu keychains and Owala water bottles – Googlers for Job Security t-shirts were this year’s hottest trend in the Google offices! Together, we’re organizing for guaranteed severance, buyouts before layoffs, no GRAD quotas, and severance as leave. Join us: go.awu.fyi/job-security-letter

We are Googlers for Job Security, and we are organizing around a shared vision of a Google where workers no longer live in constant fear of layoffs. Sign the petition and join our movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security-letter

When tech workers’ rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back! AWU members from the New York chapter braved the cold today to stand up against union busting at Rockstar Games in the UK and Canada!

ICYMI: thousands of Googlers are united in our fight for job security. At a time when tech layoffs dominate the headlines despite companies reporting massive profits, Google workers are organizing together for a new way forward at Alphabet.

See you there, NYC! ✊

Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are. So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.

“When people who make AI seem trustworthy are those who trust it the least, experts believe it signals a larger issue” For more, check out @techequity.bsky.social @alphabetworkersunion.org @cwaunion.bsky.social report based on research w workers featured in the article cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...

Happy to come out for the Day of Visibility and support our coworkers!

Today, Googlers for Job Security from coast to coast showed up and showed out for our Day of Visibility. Together, we’re organizing for real job security at Google: guaranteed severance, buyouts before layoffs, no GRAD quotas, and severance as leave. Join the movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security

Who protects the people protecting us online? Only 23% of U.S. data workers—including content moderators—surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity are covered by health insurance from their employer.

When we fight, we win! We were so proud to stand with our @kickstarterunited.org union fam during their strike - congrats on such a huge victory!

Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers in the U.S. and beyond often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are.

🚨 Big @cwaunion.bsky.social news for your Monday 🚨 Congrats to our @pghguild.com union siblings!

ICYMI: Googlers in the YouTube PA were offered voluntary buyouts instead of mandatory layoffs, a key demand of our job security campaign. "The Alphabet Workers Union applauded the move as evidence that organizing efforts are influencing corporate policy." www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...

VEPs Expanded to Googlers in YouTube ✊ Just one day after Amazon announced layoffs for 14,000 of its employees, Alphabet made it clear that mandatory layoffs are not inevitable in the tech industry.

TLDR: tech workers, get organized! The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”

The future of the tech industry is unionized! Hear directly from some of our members why they organize with the Alphabet Workers Union. Ready to join us? www.alphabetworkersunion.org/join

Yesterday, @kickstarterunited.org marked three weeks on strike. AWU member Francis Blesso joined our union family to rally in Boston and show our union’s unwavering solidarity with our fellow tech workers as they fight for the strong second contract they deserve! #1u

Join the Googlers For Job Security movement! We’re hosting a town hall TOMORROW, Thu, Oct 23, 1 PM PT/4 PM ET, where we’ll discuss the importance of our new “severance as leave” demand, what comes next in our job security campaign, and what part you can play! RSVP: go.awu.fyi/g4js-town-hall

Data workers in the U.S. also face many of the same issues workers in the Global South doing this work to make AI possible experience. Check out the report from @techequity.bsky.social, @alphabetworkersunion.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social here: cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...

🗣️The Future Of The Tech Industry Is Unionized! “The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity & mistrust,” said AWU Prez Parul Koul @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

AI is increasingly being used to make decisions about where you work and where you live—but how reliable is this technology? The workers fueling AI say they’re hamstrung by a lack of control over their work process, which could result in lower-quality work and, in turn, higher-risk AI systems.

Tech workers united will never be defeated! Alphabet Workers Union members in Seattle and New York City turned out in solidarity with @kickstarterunited.org members ON STRIKE for a fair second contract! #1u

New Report by @alphabetworkersunion.org Details Exploitative Working Conditions of U.S. Data Workers Behind The Big Tech AI Boom www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/new-re...

STATEMENT: AWU strongly opposes the mandatory layoffs taking place across UX related roles in the Cloud product area this week. These mandatory layoffs not only blindside and devastate our affected coworkers, but also contribute to an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty for everyone at Alphabet.