Unions take on Amazon and Alphabet. Big tech watch out
An old force wants to shake up a younger industry
FOR DECADES America’s labour movement has been losing steam. Trade unions represent only 7% of private-sector workers. No significant piece of pro-union legislation has passed in recent years. Right-to-work laws, which undermine the clout of organised labour, have spread to 27 states. Now the union movement has been showing signs of life in, of all places, the technology industry.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Labour coders”
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