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With layoffs and automation eroding the stability traditionally associated with knowledge jobs, the future of white-collar work might include some tried and tested ways to protect one’s job.

Standing in front of Google's office in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning, a small crowd of tech workers had a message for their employer: Say something.

More than 200 contractors who worked on evaluating and improving Google’s AI products have been laid off without warning in at least two rounds of layoffs last month. The move comes amid an ongoing fight over pay and working conditions, according to workers who spoke to WIRED.

The Guardian spoke to 10 current and former AI workers contracted for Google through Japanese conglomerate Hitachi’s GlobalLogic to rate and moderate the output of Google’s AI products, including its flagship chatbot Gemini, launched early last year, and its summaries of search results, AI Overviews.

In this op-ed, AWU-CWA Comms Chair Stephen McMurtry responds to the September 2025 ruling in Google's antitrust case.

Alphabet Workers Union members discuss the ongoing antitrust cases against Alphabet, and the effects of the case on working conditions.

The Alphabet Workers Union representing Google employees has filed a complaint with the state alleging that Google did not provide adequate notice of mass layoffs that occurred in Mountain View in April.

AI raters who work on Google products via subcontractor GlobalLogic are organizing with the Alphabet Workers Union.

Google and AWU-CWA settle charge and inform all Google workers that they can discuss the online search antitrust trial.