Key Points
The YouTube Music team contract workers lost their jobs as their contract ended..
The YouTube Music team, consisting of 43 contractors, found out that they no longer had a job on Friday..
On the other hand, Google said that it wasn't responsible for the layoffs as the contract workers were employed by Cognizant...
The YouTube Music contract workers, employed by both Google and Cognizant, had voted to unionise last year, seeking better pay, benefits, and flexible return-to-office policies...
The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) had deemed Google's refusal to negotiate with YouTube Music workers illegal and introduced a rule making it tougher for companies to avoid responsibility in unionization efforts by third-party contractors...
