FSU says ‘hundreds’ of staff at Irish office signed letter which was distributed to others by its members
“The impacts of Alphabet’s decision to reduce its workforce are global,” the letter said. “Nowhere have workers’ voices adequately been considered, and we know that as workers we are stronger together than alone.”
A spokesperson for Alphabet didn’t immediately comment on the petition. When Mr Pichai announced the job cuts on January 20th, he said in an email to staff that the company hired for a “different economic reality than the one we face today” and that he took “full responsibility”. It took a month before it was confirmed that around 240 employees would be affected at Google’s offices in Dublin where more than 5,000 people are employed. Some staff in Switzerland, meanwhile, only learned which workers were to be cut last week, triggering a walkout on Wednesday.
“Hundreds of Irish signatures were on the letter,” says FSU head of industrial relations Gareth Murphy, “and our members distributed among other members here.Labour groups have helped organise several petitions regarding the lay-offs at various Google units and in different countries where it is present.
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