Google Express workers vote to join Teamsters

One hundred fifty-one Google Express Services workers employed by contractor Adecco voted to join the Teamsters Local 853, according to a statement from the union.    Workers for Google Express Services, in Palo Alto, Calif., employed through contractor Adecco, voted last week for representation by Teamsters Local 853, the union said. Google Express is a service that allows customers to order products from a variety of retailers and have them delivered the same day.
   The Teamsters said in a statement the next step is for the union to negotiate a contract for the 151 workers in the San Francisco area.
   “Workers at Google Express have expressed concerns with lack of ventilation in their workplace, low wages and poor benefits,” the union said. “Workers are required to sign short-term employment agreements with Adecco that limit them to two years before the company lets them go. Workers have also alleged subjection to constant harassment to work faster in poor conditions that include damaged equipment, cracked floors and failing electrical system that have resulted in fires.”
   The same Teamster local said it has organized shuttle drivers for Facebook, Apple, eBay, Yahoo, Zynga, Genentech, Amtrak and Evernote, employed by contractors Loop Transportation and Compass Transportation.