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Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism

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The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by Google workers. Executives have struggled to handle the change.
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Justice Dept. Seeks to Pare Back Civil Rights Protections for Minorities

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A late move by the Trump administration would stop enforcement of protections against discriminatory practices that have a “disparate impact” on protected groups.
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While the transition to a pro-science, pro-research Biden Administration can't come soon enough, we still have our work cut out for us in advocating for increased science and research funding, including for early career researchers and in response to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This latest funding bill was signed into law at the end of December and provides funding for federal agencies through September: ... See MoreSee Less

Massive 2021 U.S. spending bill leaves research advocates hoping for more

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Small boost this year completes 4 years of substantial growth despite Trump
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13 Jan

"Our goals go beyond the workplace questions of ‘Are people getting paid enough?’ Our issues are going much broader...It is a time where a union is an answer to these problems.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html

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Eliminating the enforcement of "disparate impact" civil rights claims would take away an important tool for fighting discrimination. It's telling that the Justice Dept is trying to slip it in under the radar during final days of the Trump administration:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/justice-department-disparate-impact.html

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7 Jan

While the Biden Admin can't come soon enough, we still have our work cut out for us in advocating for increased science & research funding.
This latest funding bill was signed into law at the end of Dec & provides funding for federal agencies thru Sept:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/massive-2021-us-spending-bill-leaves-research-advocates-hoping-more

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4 Jan

DHS RULE UPDATE: In Sept, UAW members stood together to oppose the DHS proposal to shorten F-&J- visa durations. Over 30K comments were submitted & DHS will unlikely have time to review them before Biden’s inauguration. We look forward to more positive immigration reforms this yr

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