Google wants nothing to do with the union and is trying to keep up the profitable barrier between contracted and direct employees. But the workers are on track to bring the tech behemoth to a bargaining table for the first time ever:
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-contractors-vote-to-unionize-17920684.php
A return-to-office change prompted 40 workers to protest with an “unfair labor practice strike” — such strikes prevent employers from laying off workers. The union said in a statement that the costs of in-person work, from sudden relocation to child care, aren’t affordable for YouTube Music workers, who make as little as $19 an hour.