On the menu : Google employee walkouts in protest against sexual harassment and for equal pay, Memorandum on union rights signed with IndustriALL Global and the IUF with Unilever, Voluntary departure plan at General Motors US, Law on remote working in the Philippines, in Spain CCOO union takes legal action to seek annulment of the textile sector collective agreement signed by the UGT, due to a lack of representativeness, establishment of a quota for disabled workers in Portugal.
Google/ global employee walkouts in protest against sexual harassment and for equal pay. Female Google employees and their male colleagues have taken a stand, with thousands (around 20,000 according to press reports) staging a walkout on 1 November to protest against the treatment of women at the company. To begin with, 200 employees protested internally to demonstrate their dismay following an article published in the New York Times, which revealed the departure several executives amid allegations of misconduct.
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