硅谷大部分大科技公司都还在远程办公，蓝领工人基本失去了收入

劳工组织Silicon Valley Rising在周四发布的一份新报告显示：虽然大多数主要的硅谷科技公司目前保留了他们的数千名服务人员，特别是那些已经加入工会的人员，但未来仍然不确定。一些公司，如Verizon、Genentech和LinkedIn，已经停止了与服务承包商的合同，而这些承包商中也因此进行了裁员。

根据该组织的研究，整个硅谷约有1.4万名工会工人担任食堂工作人员、清洁工、保安人员和公交车司机等职位，而这类服务性工作则是 "有色人种社区的生命线"。为什么这么说呢，因为有近三分之二的人是黑人或拉丁裔工人，通常情况下，他们不直接为科技巨头工作，而是受雇于为第三方承包公司，他们的工资大约是每小时22.60美元-26.72美元左右，而他们的雇主--为谷歌提供餐饮服务第三方服务公司Compass会为他们支付医疗保险费。

所以对于这些工人来说，存在一种不确定性，他们不知道大科技公司员工长期远程在家工作的情况会持续多久。但可以肯定的是，他们失去现在的工作后几乎没有其他选择，特别是带有福利的工作。

A new report found Thursday that while most major tech companies have kept their thousands of service workers for now, particularly those who are unionized, the future remains uncertain. Some companies, like Verizon, Genentech and LinkedIn, have halted contracts with their service contractors, which have, in turn, already laid people off, by Silicon Valley Rising, a labor activism umbrella group.

According to the group's research, about 14,000 unionized workers across Silicon Valley serve as cafeteria staffers, janitors, security officers and bus drivers, among other positions. Such jobs are a "lifeline for communities of color," it found.

Nearly two-thirds are Black or Latino, and their salaries — $26.72 and $22.60 per hour, respectively , the report found. Typically, they do not work directly for tech giants but instead for one of a slew of third-party contracting companies. These workers do not have the option of working at home. They also realize that if they lose their jobs, there are far fewer jobs they can find, instead.

"There is an uncertainty for these workers — they don't know how long that will last; but what is certain is that these workers have few alternatives if their jobs go away — especially work that carries benefits.  source

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