Do not confuse union members with "people who elected their unit to become union represented". You can join a workers union and not have it be recognized by th

Do not confuse union members with "people who elected their unit to become union represented". You can join a workers union and not have it be recognized by the company. You have fewer legal powers if you go that route, but you can still be a union. AWU has, iirc, 1500-2000 people. Of those, some small number have voted to force Google to legally recognize the union. The concepts are separate, but related.