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Google workers to form global union alliance

Alpha Global – in a reference to Google's parent-company, is being formed in coordination with UNI Global Union

A sign is pictured outs a Google offcie near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Paresh Dave/File Photo
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  • Alpha Global was formed in coordination with UNI Global Union, a union federation that represents about 20 million workers globally;
  • Workers understand that the problems at Alphabet are not limited to any one country.

Google employees from across the globe are forming a union alliance, weeks after more than 200 workers at the search engine giant and other units of parent company Alphabet formed a labor union for U.S. and Canadian offices.

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Alpha Global was formed in coordination with UNI Global Union, a union federation that represents about 20 million workers globally, and includes unions from countries such as the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and the UK, UNI Global Union said.

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“The problems at Alphabet – and created by Alphabet – are not limited to any one country, and must be addressed on a global level,” UNI’s General Secretary Christy Hoffman said.

Alphabet was not immediately available to comment.

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