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Time for a class action against Google. The whole industry could have depressed wages from their actions.

CobrastanJorji 5y ago
Today in "class action over the whole industry having depresed wages from their actions" history, this month marks the 21st anniversary of the DoJ filing a complaint against Google, Apple, Intel, and Adobe for agreeing not to poach each other's employees. The companies eventually settled a civil class action suit for $415 million.
- literallyaduck 5y ago
  It wasn't enough to correct their malevolent behavior. Alphabet's assets should be frozen pending a full investigation.
  - smabie 5y ago
    Uhh? You want to basically kill the company pending investigation? Who does that help?
    - literallyaduck 5y ago
      They previously stole wages from every dev, and looks like they did it again. RICO on past and ongoing criminal acts. https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_allowance/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_a... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google-sued-u-s-tracking-users-private-internet-browsing-n1222676 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google-sued-u-s-tracki... https://www.computerworld.com/article/2517832/google-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-wi-fi-snooping.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2517832/google-hit-wit... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/02/apple-siri-lawsuit-privacy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/02/apple-s... https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pay-discrimination-lawsuit-granted-class-action-status/ https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pay-discrimination-lawsuit-... https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-find-gmail-privacy-settlement-inadequate/ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-find-gmail-privacy-sett... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-sued-for-selling-user-data-despite-claims-the-company-does-not/ar-BB1gqN53 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-sued-for-se...
- alisonkisk 5y ago
  11th anniversary Sept 24.
- jefftk 5y ago
  Do you mean 11th anniversary? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
  - CobrastanJorji 5y ago
    Yes! Don't know how I added the extra 10 there.
kennywinker 5y ago
I'm with you that it's time for a class-action. But when I say class action I don't mean a law suit, I mean the labor class joining in action against the owning class. Collective bargaining, collective action.

Today in "class action over the whole industry having depresed wages from their actions" history, this month marks the 21st anniversary of the DoJ filing a complaint against Google, Apple, Intel, and Adobe for agreeing not to poach each other's employees. The companies eventually settled a civil class action suit for $415 million.

literallyaduck 5y ago
It wasn't enough to correct their malevolent behavior. Alphabet's assets should be frozen pending a full investigation.
- smabie 5y ago
  Uhh? You want to basically kill the company pending investigation? Who does that help?
  - literallyaduck 5y ago
    They previously stole wages from every dev, and looks like they did it again. RICO on past and ongoing criminal acts. https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_allowance/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_a... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google-sued-u-s-tracking-users-private-internet-browsing-n1222676 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google-sued-u-s-tracki... https://www.computerworld.com/article/2517832/google-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-wi-fi-snooping.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2517832/google-hit-wit... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/02/apple-siri-lawsuit-privacy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/02/apple-s... https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pay-discrimination-lawsuit-granted-class-action-status/ https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pay-discrimination-lawsuit-... https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-find-gmail-privacy-settlement-inadequate/ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-find-gmail-privacy-sett... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-sued-for-selling-user-data-despite-claims-the-company-does-not/ar-BB1gqN53 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-sued-for-se...
alisonkisk 5y ago
11th anniversary Sept 24.
jefftk 5y ago
Do you mean 11th anniversary? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
- CobrastanJorji 5y ago
  Yes! Don't know how I added the extra 10 there.

kennywinker 5y ago

I'm with you that it's time for a class-action. But when I say class action I don't mean a law suit, I mean the labor class joining in action against the owning class. Collective bargaining, collective action.