YouTube Workers in Texas Shocked by Sudden Layoffs During City Council Meeting

Unionised YouTube Music contractors in Texas were informed of their layoffs in the middle of a live City Council meeting, with one worker interrupting his speech to announce the news. The contractors, who had voted to join the Alphabet Worker's Union, had been advocating for better working conditions and were in the midst of a dispute with Google and Cognizant over bargaining rights. Google maintains that the layoffs occurred on the contractors' normal expiry date, while the union argues that Google has control over the workers and their working conditions, and is thus obligated to directly negotiate with their union.