DeepMind staff ask UK government to intervene in unionization fight
BlackHC · x · 2026-11-13
Google DeepMind employees in the UK have escalated their unionization push: after voluntary talks with management stalled, the CWU and Unite filed an application with the Central Arbitration Committee to confirm enough support for a union ballot. If successful, roughly 1,000 product-focused staff would qualify, and Google would be legally bound to respect the result. Union officials say management treated the demands as a box-ticking exercise.
Former DeepMind employee BlackHC also alleged bad faith: after he posted printouts of an article on Google's classified AI deal with the Pentagon, the company reportedly used CCTV footage to identify union members.
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