jmac,
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“This is how Google’s search result sausage is made: Real people like me make it.” Toni Allen, secretary of the Alphabet Workers #Union, writes about working as a contracted “rater” for Google. https://fortune.com/2024/05/03/google-search-raters-wages-benefits-contractors-tech-ai-employment/

Toni is among many laborers who perform high-speed, human-powered fact checking on AI-generated search results—and, thanks to recent legal maneuvering on the part of our mutual bosses, now receives an hourly rate that is less than California minimum wage.

jmac,
@jmac@masto.nyc avatar

Stories like Toni's remind me why tech workers need to organize, and reinforces my intent to be a dues-paying AWU member for as long as I'm with the company.

No matter the direction that Google accelerates its business into during these weird times, it will never outrace the basic responsibility of treating all of its workers with the same level of fairness and respect—and that includes contract labor.

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