Google Fiber subcontract workers in Kansas City vote to unionize
Kansas City made another first for Google Fiber on Friday, when a group of subcontract workers became the first to successfully unionize.
The National Labor Relations Board said the vote was 9-1 in favor of unionizing by full-time workers operating Google Fiber’s area retail stores. They are employed by BDS Connected Solutions.
The local workers are the first Google Fiber workers to join the new Alphabet Workers Union, a unit of Communications Workers of America, the union announced. The workers…