Tech shuttle drivers in Silicon Valley negotiate wage hike
Shuttle drivers for some key Silicon Valley companies will have their first paid holiday on Thanksgiving this week, under new terms negotiated by a workers' union.
Tech companies in Silicon Valley are facing increasing pressure from contract workers to improve working conditions, amid concerns about growing inequality and rising costs in the area.
The use of underpaid contract staff by Silicon Valley companies for functions such as janitors, cooks, drivers and security guards has been criticized previously. “These ‘invisible’ workers do not share in the success of the industry which they daily labor to keep running,” according to a report in August last year by community labor organization Working Partnerships USA.
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