Microsoft declines union’s invitation to bargaining table
Source: Seattle Times
By Matt Day
A union of temporary technology workers asked Microsoft to come to the bargaining table as a joint employer, the latest escalation in the union’s campaign to get better benefits. Microsoft declined the invitation.
A group of about 40 contract workers employed by Lionbridge Technologies to vet Microsoft Windows applications voted last year to charter a union as part of a campaign for paid time off. After a year of collective bargaining talks, the Temporary Workers of America union and Lionbridge haven’t agreed to terms on a contract.
With the latest round of talks looming, union President Philippe Boucher asked Microsoft on Oct. 17 to attend Friday’s bargaining meeting with Lionbridge lawyers. Microsoft should be considered a joint employer because of “the significant control Microsoft has on our working conditions,” Boucher said in a letter to Microsoft human resources chief Kathleen Hogan.
Microsoft opted not to attend Friday’s meeting.
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Can't be taking the "Salaried option from tech companies. How else are they going to exploit their Tech Workers.
Salaried = White collar slavery. Been there, done that. 
