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In January, a group of Google engineers and other workers announced they had formed a union, a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. The group formed the Alphabet Workers Union last year, which represents around 800 Google employees and is run by five people who are under 35. Alphabet is Google's parent company.
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Workers at a New York City outpost of outdoor clothing and equipment seller REI voted overwhelmingly in March to join a union, the first REI store to do so. Seattle-based REI has more than 170 locations across 41 states and Washington, D.C.
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Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard voted to unionize in May, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company after a vote affecting a small group of Wisconsin-based quality assurance testers. Call of Duty developer Raven Software, which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, formed a union with 19 "yes" votes.
Customers pick up online orders at the Apple Store at the Towson Town Center, Dec. 15, 2020, in Towson, Md. Apple store employees in the Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)
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Customers pick up online orders at the Apple Store at the Towson Town Center, Dec. 15, 2020, in Towson, Md. Apple store employees in the Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)
Credit: Julio Cortez
Credit: Julio Cortez
FILE - In this image from video, Amazon workers line up outside the company's Staten Island warehouse to vote on unionization, March 25, 2022, in New York. Amazon workers in Staten Island voted to unionize, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history. But a second Staten Island warehouse rejected a union bid about a month later. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)
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FILE - In this image from video, Amazon workers line up outside the company's Staten Island warehouse to vote on unionization, March 25, 2022, in New York. Amazon workers in Staten Island voted to unionize, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history. But a second Staten Island warehouse rejected a union bid about a month later. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)
Credit: Robert Bumsted
Credit: Robert Bumsted
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. In January, a group of Google engineers and other workers announced they had formed a union, a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. The group formed the Alphabet Workers Union last year, which represents around 800 Google employees and is run by five people who are under 35. Alphabet is Google's parent company. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Credit: Jeff Chiu
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. In January, a group of Google engineers and other workers announced they had formed a union, a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. The group formed the Alphabet Workers Union last year, which represents around 800 Google employees and is run by five people who are under 35. Alphabet is Google's parent company. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Credit: Jeff Chiu
Credit: Jeff Chiu
REI Employees in green welcome shoppers to the REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) Grand Opening at REI SoHo, the outdoor retailer's first Manhattan store, Dec. 2, 2011 in New York. Workers at the New York City outpost of outdoor clothing and equipment seller REI voted overwhelmingly in March to join a union, the first REI store to do so. Seattle-based REI has more than 170 locations across 41 states and Washington, D.C. (Matt Peyton/AP Images for REI)
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REI Employees in green welcome shoppers to the REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) Grand Opening at REI SoHo, the outdoor retailer's first Manhattan store, Dec. 2, 2011 in New York. Workers at the New York City outpost of outdoor clothing and equipment seller REI voted overwhelmingly in March to join a union, the first REI store to do so. Seattle-based REI has more than 170 locations across 41 states and Washington, D.C. (Matt Peyton/AP Images for REI)
Credit: Matt Peyton
Credit: Matt Peyton
FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown on June 13, 2013, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Video game workers at a division of Activision Blizzard voted to unionize in May, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company after a vote affecting a small group of Wisconsin-based quality assurance testers. Call of Duty developer Raven Software, which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, formed a union with 19 “yes” votes. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Credit: Jae C. Hong
FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown on June 13, 2013, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Video game workers at a division of Activision Blizzard voted to unionize in May, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company after a vote affecting a small group of Wisconsin-based quality assurance testers. Call of Duty developer Raven Software, which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, formed a union with 19 “yes” votes. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Credit: Jae C. Hong
Credit: Jae C. Hong
