As soon as people stop looking, Google will shut down the whole office. It's how tons of huge companies get around "can't lay off union workers".
this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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They just spent £1.3bn on building that office
Even the most egregious caricature of a union buster is gonna baulk at throwing that investment away
Hell yeah. Apes together strong
Bit late I'm afraid
The DeepMind employee tells WIRED that if the staff succeeds in unionizing in the UK, they will likely demand that Google pull out of its long-standing contract with the Israeli military and seek greater transparency over how its AI products will be used, with some sort of assurance relating to layoffs made possible by automation.
All good things. Layoffs based on AI aren't really that provable, so I see it as beneficial to put the squeeze on a company that otherwise has a financial benefit in using it as a scapegoat