WIRE — Nearly 100 Google employees rallied at the company's Mountain View headquarters, delivering a petition signed by 4,500 workers to CEO Sundar Pichai. Their demands: guaranteed severance, an end to GRAD performance quotas, and the option to take severance as paid leave. The Alphabet Workers Union action comes as AI-driven tech layoffs mount and Alphabet's valuation crosses $4 trillion. Here's what workers want.
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