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Unionization in the tech sector
A tech union is a trade union for tech workers typically employed in high tech or information and communications technology sectors. Due to the evolving nature of technology and work, different government agencies have conflicting definitions for who is a tech worker. Most definitions include computer scientists, people working in IT, telecommunications, media and video gaming. Broader definitions include all workers required for a tech company to operate, including on-site service staff, contractors, and platform economy workers.
UNI Global Union is a global union federation that has an Information, Communications, Technology and Related Services (ICTS) sector.
In 2021, UNI Global Union and international workers of Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced an international union coalition called Alpha Global to assist in organizing the company's global workforce.
Professionals Australia is the union that represents Australian tech workers.
The ICT Union (Czech: ICT Odbory) was formed in the summer of 2021. It has public campaigns with Expedia and Red Hat Czech. It is affiliated with the OSPPP (Czech: Odborový svaz pracovníků peněžnictví a pojišťovnictví, lit. 'Trade Union of Money and Insurance Workers') which in turn is affiliated with the ČMKOS federation.
Solidaires Informatique is a union that includes game workers and filed a lawsuit against game developer Ubisoft in 2021.
The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has the principle of one trade union for each company. In practice, the two largest trade unions, IG Metall and ver.di have been competing since the early 1990s to represent the tech industry which are part of the newer economies. High-tech workers in Germany have lower union density than other workers, and are less likely to engage in collective bargaining and are more likely to engage in alternative organisations, sometimes in direct competition with trade unions.
At IBM Germany, the two unions formed a joint collective bargaining committee to resolve their internal union competition. SAP employees are similarly represented by both unions.
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Unionization in the tech sector
A tech union is a trade union for tech workers typically employed in high tech or information and communications technology sectors. Due to the evolving nature of technology and work, different government agencies have conflicting definitions for who is a tech worker. Most definitions include computer scientists, people working in IT, telecommunications, media and video gaming. Broader definitions include all workers required for a tech company to operate, including on-site service staff, contractors, and platform economy workers.
UNI Global Union is a global union federation that has an Information, Communications, Technology and Related Services (ICTS) sector.
In 2021, UNI Global Union and international workers of Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced an international union coalition called Alpha Global to assist in organizing the company's global workforce.
Professionals Australia is the union that represents Australian tech workers.
The ICT Union (Czech: ICT Odbory) was formed in the summer of 2021. It has public campaigns with Expedia and Red Hat Czech. It is affiliated with the OSPPP (Czech: Odborový svaz pracovníků peněžnictví a pojišťovnictví, lit. 'Trade Union of Money and Insurance Workers') which in turn is affiliated with the ČMKOS federation.
Solidaires Informatique is a union that includes game workers and filed a lawsuit against game developer Ubisoft in 2021.
The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has the principle of one trade union for each company. In practice, the two largest trade unions, IG Metall and ver.di have been competing since the early 1990s to represent the tech industry which are part of the newer economies. High-tech workers in Germany have lower union density than other workers, and are less likely to engage in collective bargaining and are more likely to engage in alternative organisations, sometimes in direct competition with trade unions.
At IBM Germany, the two unions formed a joint collective bargaining committee to resolve their internal union competition. SAP employees are similarly represented by both unions.