--- title: Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a... description: Around 100 Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009) members rallied outside Google's Mountain View headquarters, delivering a 4,500-signature petition to CEO... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a floor under their jobs | daily.dev og:description: Around 100 Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009) members rallied outside Google's Mountain View headquarters, delivering a 4,500-signature petition to CEO... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UTQDeAURY.png og:image:alt: Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a floor under their jobs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a floor under their jobs **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Around 100 Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009) members rallied outside Google's Mountain View headquarters, delivering a 4,500-signature petition to CEO Sundar Pichai. The union's four demands include guaranteed severance no lower than 2023 levels, voluntary exit packages before involuntary cuts, elimination of forced-distribution GRAD performance quotas, and extended paid leave for visa-holding workers facing layoffs. The campaign, 18 months in the making, is driven by anxiety over AI-driven job displacement and three years of tech industry contraction. Google has already extended voluntary exit packages to over 70,000 staff since the campaign began, which the union counts as partial progress. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the Alphabet Workers Union's demands for Google layoff protections? The Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009) demands four things: guaranteed severance for laid-off workers set no lower than the packages Google paid in January 2023, voluntary exit packages offered before any involuntary cuts, an end to forced-distribution GRAD performance quotas, and the option for visa holders to take severance as extended paid leave to find a new sponsor. _Developers watching layoff trends at major tech employers follow labor organizing stories like this on daily.dev._ ### How many Google employees have signed the petition for job security protections organized by the Alphabet Workers Union? More than 4,500 Google staff signed the petition, delivered to CEO Sundar Pichai and three senior leaders during a rally of roughly 100 workers outside the Mountain View headquarters. The campaign started with about 400 signatures in January 2025 and reached 2,000 by that April before growing further. _Anyone tracking labor movements inside big tech finds updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington the same week it lost four star researchers](https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-cutting-52-jobs-in-washington-the-same-week-it-lost-four-star-researchers-fb5lymqkk) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Unions Can Save Tech Workers and Tech Work](https://daily.dev/posts/unions-can-save-tech-workers-and-tech-work-k0pidkdk1) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties](https://daily.dev/posts/sundar-pichai-faces-boos-walkout-at-stanford-graduation-ceremony-over-google-s-israel-ice-ties-p9pf3sngr) · TechCrunch · 29 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a floor under their jobs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury"},"datePublished":"2026-07-17T11:23:10.006Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:29:22.384Z","description":"Around 100 Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009) members rallied outside Google's Mountain View headquarters, delivering a 4,500-signature petition to CEO...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42e0287e5bd9b82590c934b478018d25?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42e0287e5bd9b82590c934b478018d25?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"google","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a floor under their jobs"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the Alphabet Workers Union's demands for Google layoff protections?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009) demands four things: guaranteed severance for laid-off workers set no lower than the packages Google paid in January 2023, voluntary exit packages offered before any involuntary cuts, an end to forced-distribution GRAD performance quotas, and the option for visa holders to take severance as extended paid leave to find a new sponsor. 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