0039.json

{
    "date": "2014/09/01",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-30/microsoft-contract-workers-are-organizing"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "union_representation"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "unfair_labor_practices",
        "job_security"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "contract_workers"
    ],
    "description": "A group of temporary workers at Microsoft has signed its first union contract with their employer, a rare feat in a technology industry typically unfriendly to organized labor. 38 bug testers who review Microsoft apps voted to create a union, the Temporary Workers of America. They work full time in Microsoft's offices but are employed by cloud services contractor LionBridge.",
    "locations": [
        [
            "usa"
        ]
    ],
    "companies": [
        "microsoft",
        "lionbridge"
    ],
    "workers": 38,
    "tags": [
        "temporary_workers_of_america"
    ],
    "author": "organizejs"
}