Google DeepMind unionization talks are off to a rocky start0

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• July 4, 2026

Negotiations between Google DeepMind and its London-based employees stumbled over the possibility of unionizing this week, after initial talks left union representatives feeling like they had wasted their time, WIRED has learned. In May, DeepMind employees asked Google to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives. The company later rejected