Washington, DC – On October 8, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford sent a joint Congressional letter, signed by 121 U.S. Senators and Representatives, to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO Dave Davis, sounding the alarm on members’ “serious concern” about the proposed $10 million sale of Spirit Airlines’ internal data to Google to train artificial intelligence systems. The unprecedented sale is a pivotal moment in the fight to protect all workers’ data and privacy as technology advances unchecked from regulation.

San Francisco, CA – On January 4 workers at Google and other Alphabet companies announced the creation of the Alphabet Workers Union with support from the Communications Workers of America (CWA). It will be the first union open to all employees and contractors at any Alphabet company, with dues-paying members, an elected board of directors, and paid organizing staff.