Google fires 20 more workers after pro-Palestine sit-ins
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Google fires 20 more workers after pro-Palestine sit-ins

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The protests took place inside Google’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California on 16 April with workers demanding that the company end its huge cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Google employees protest company's work with Israel “A small number of employee protesters entered and disrupted a few of our locations. Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies, and completely unacceptable behaviour,” a Google spokesperson said last week. Google CEO Sundar Pichai had warned employees that while debate and discussions are encouraged, there were limits, and the office is not a place “to fight over disruptive issues or debate politics” in a company blog post.

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STEM students protest project Nimbus, pledge to not work at Google, Amazon: Report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

STEM students protest project Nimbus, pledge to not work at Google, Amazon: Report

The Hindu  

More than a thousand students self-identifying as STEM students and young workers from over 120 universities signed a pledge to not work for Google or Amazon until the companies end their association with Project Nimbus. Students and workers who signed the pledge include undergraduates and graduate students from Stanford, UC Berkley, the University of San Francisco, and San Francisco State …

Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Google developer conference amid Israel-Hamas war
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Google developer conference amid Israel-Hamas war

LA Times  

A group of protesters blocked the entrance to Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference in Mountain View, Calif. Dozens of protesters blocked the entrance of Google’s developer conference in Mountain View, Calif., for roughly 90 minutes on Tuesday, demanding that the tech giant drop its work with the Israeli government amid the country’s war with Hamas in the Gaza …

Google employee's shocking ordeal: Fired for watching protests for just 'four minutes'
8 months, 1 week ago

Google employee's shocking ordeal: Fired for watching protests for just 'four minutes'

Hindustan Times  

Google layoffs: In April, Google fired 28 employees following protests against the company's cloud computing contract Project Nimbus. Reportedly, some employees also Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office and were arrested. But a report claimed that Google did not just fire protesting employees as some others who were merely watching the protests also lost their jobs. A former Google employee …

Former Google Employees Claim Illegal Firings Over Protest Against Israel Contract
8 months, 1 week ago

Former Google Employees Claim Illegal Firings Over Protest Against Israel Contract

ABP News  

A group of ex-Google employees has lodged a formal complaint with a labour board in the United States, alleging that the technology giant unlawfully terminated their employment due to their participation in protests against Google's cloud contract with the Israeli government regarding the project Nimbus, according to a news agency Reuters report. The group noted that the complaint asserts Google's …

Google has fired over 50 employees after internal protest over company's Israeli defense contract: Story in 5 points
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Google has fired over 50 employees after internal protest over company's Israeli defense contract: Story in 5 points

India Today  

Google recently terminated 20 more employees who participated in protests against the company's involvement in an Israeli defence contract. Here is the story in five points: The protests intensified as a group of employees occupied Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office for over eight hours. Subsequently, Google terminated an additional 20 employees categorised as "non-participating bystanders" by the protest organisers. …

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

Associated Press  

Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. Then, on Tuesday night, Google fired “over 20” more staffers, “including non-participating bystanders during last week’s protests,” said …

What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal?

Al Jazeera  

Tech workers are protesting against the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies by Israel in its war on Gaza. Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence and other technology services to the Israeli government and its military, which has faced condemnation for its war …

Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week’s Gaza protest, group says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week’s Gaza protest, group says

LA Times  

A rally outside Google’s Seattle office on April 16 protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with Israel. Google fired additional workers this week, after it initially terminated 28 people who it said participated in recent protests against the company’s work in Israel. Business Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel Dozens of Google employees stage sit-ins …

Columbia suspends in-person classes as arrests made and Jewish students report threats. What’s behind protests?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Columbia suspends in-person classes as arrests made and Jewish students report threats. What’s behind protests?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The university’s president moved classes online …

Google Fires Dozens Of Employees Who Protested $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Fires Dozens Of Employees Who Protested $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Google has fired more than two dozen employees who publicly protested against the tech giant’s controversial $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with Israel, as institutions face increased pressure to divest from a government whose U.S.-funded military is in its sixth month of attacking Gaza. Organized by No Tech for Apartheid, the employees participated in a 10-hour sit-in …

Google lays off 28 workers protesting $1.2 billion Nimbus project with Israel, issues stern warning
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google lays off 28 workers protesting $1.2 billion Nimbus project with Israel, issues stern warning

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services. The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and …

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract

The Independent  

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Google Sacks 28 Employees Over Anti-Israel Protest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Sacks 28 Employees Over Anti-Israel Protest

ABP News  

Google has sacked 28 employees who participated in sit-in protests at its offices. This Google Layoff occurred after the suspension and subsequent arrest of 9 Google employees in the US earlier this week, according to a report by The Verge. These 28 employees were protesting against a $1.2 billion Google Cloud contract with the Israeli government. We will continue to …

Google fires 28 employees involved in protest against $1.2 Billion Israel contract
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 28 employees involved in protest against $1.2 Billion Israel contract

Op India  

Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. According to a New York Post report, the pro-Palestinian employees donning traditional Arab headscarves had stormed and occupied the office of a top executive in California on Tuesday, …

Google fires 28 employees after they were arrested over anti-Israel protest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 28 employees after they were arrested over anti-Israel protest

Hindustan Times  

Google has laid off 28 employees who participated in a sit-down protest over the company’s “$1.2 billion agreement with Israel.” The dismissals follow a series of events in which employees, some of whom wore traditional Arab headscarves, marched to the office of Google’s top cloud executive in California, while others held sit-ins at Google’s New York City headquarters. Google employees …

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract

LA Times  

Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices this week to protest the tech giant’s work in Israel amid the war against Hamas in Gaza. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.” In a statement on Thursday night, Google said all of the 28 people whose employment was terminated …

Google fires 28 employees protesting against contract with Israel government
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 28 employees protesting against contract with Israel government

India TV News  

Google has fired 28 of its employees who were protesting against Google's contract with the Israeli government. These employees were opposing “Project Nimbus”, which is a USD 1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. “The company takes this extremely seriously, and we will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take …

Anti-Israel Google employees arrested after occupying CEO's office with demands against ‘apartheid state’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-Israel Google employees arrested after occupying CEO's office with demands against ‘apartheid state’

Hindustan Times  

Google employees with anti-Israel demands of ceasing “business with the Israeli apartheid government and military” were arrested on Tuesday after they took over Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's California office. Google employees arrested from Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's California office. They've also pushed the organisation to focus on the “health and safety crisis” that caused concern among all those …

Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel

LA Times  

Employees take part in a sit-in at the Google’s New York office to protest the tech giant’s work with Israel. Dozens of Google employees held sit-ins Tuesday at the tech giant’s New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif., offices to protest the company’s work with Israel. The employees participating in the sit-ins wore shirts that said “Drop Project Nimbus” and a …

Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians
9 months, 1 week ago

Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians

Wired  

Nearly 300 current and former Apple employees have published an open letter alleging that several retail and corporate employees of the company have been disciplined or “wrongfully terminated” for expressing support for Palestinian people through pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh. The group’s letter, also released last week, also calls on Apple CEO Tim Cook and other executives to acknowledge the many …

‘Google has no scruples.’ Employees protest Google Cloud conference over Israel military contract
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Google has no scruples.’ Employees protest Google Cloud conference over Israel military contract

LA Times  

Google workers and local activists protested Tuesday at the annual Google Cloud Next conference, convened at the Mascone Center in downtown San Francisco. The protesters, among them former Google employees and local community activists, unfurled a large banner reading, “Google Project Nimbus fuels Israeli apartheid.” More than a dozen current Google workers positioned themselves nearby, passing out fliers explaining their …

Google staff in Switzerland’s Zurich stage walkout over layoffs
1 year, 10 months ago

Google staff in Switzerland’s Zurich stage walkout over layoffs

Live Mint  

About 250 employees from Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google in Zurich walked out Wednesday to protest the company’s decision last month to cut about 6% of its global workforce. The workers, with support from trade union Syndicom, walked away from their desks before lunchtime and assembled with placards outside one of two Google offices in the Swiss city, according to union …

Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’
2 years, 4 months ago

Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’

Al Jazeera  

Ariel Koren had spoken out about a $1.2bn collaboration between Google, Amazon and the Israeli military called Project Nimbus. And this is far from an isolated instance.https://t.co/V4y05kOYQv pic.twitter.com/eRMrzTPYfb — Ariel Koren August 30, 2022 The controversy began when Koren protested Google’s $1.2bn collaboration with Amazon and the Israeli military on a programme called Project Nimbus. “Google is aggressively pursuing military …

A worker objected to Google’s Israel military contract. Google told her to move to Brazil
2 years, 9 months ago

A worker objected to Google’s Israel military contract. Google told her to move to Brazil

LA Times  

More than 500 Google workers are backing a colleague who has accused the tech giant of retaliation over her objections to a corporate contract with the Israeli military. The workers have signed a petition accusing Google leadership of “unjustly retaliating” against Ariel Koren, a product marketing manager at Google for Education, for voicing criticism of Project Nimbus, a $1.2-billion contract …

Google employees urge firm to support Palestinians: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Google employees urge firm to support Palestinians: Report

Al Jazeera  

A Jewish employee group calls on the company’s CEO to condemn harm done by the Israeli military to Palestinians. A group of Jewish Google employees has called on the company to condemn the actions of the Israeli military amid the ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip and to support Palestinians, according to a report. In an internal letter, the employees …

How the Google walkout transformed tech workers into activists
5 years, 2 months ago

How the Google walkout transformed tech workers into activists

LA Times  

At the end of October 2018, Claire Stapleton, then a YouTube employee, sent an email to an internal listserv where women discussed their experiences at Google. Employees had just learned that the company’s board of directors had approved a $90-million payout to Andy Rubin, a former Google executive, despite finding that a subordinate’s sexual misconduct claims against him were credible. …

Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE
5 years, 4 months ago

Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won’t work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Citing a “system of abuse” and “malign neglect” by the agencies, the petition demands that Google not provide any technical services to CBP, ICE or the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which provides …

Google employees sit-in to protest against retaliation, Facebook staff also join
5 years, 8 months ago

Google employees sit-in to protest against retaliation, Facebook staff also join

Live Mint  

Over the last year, workers at large technology companies have staged protests over military contracting, sexual harassment, and the treatment of temporary and contract workers. The impact of the walkout inspired similar activism at other companies, including a protest at Microsoft Corp. last month in which employees pressured CEO Satya Nadella into promising to address sexual harassment and gender discrimination. …

Google staff protests worldwide on May Day
5 years, 8 months ago

Google staff protests worldwide on May Day

Live Mint  

Six months after they staged a walkout against workplace harassment, Google employees are staging sit-in protest at the IT major's offices across the world on Wednesday. Since May 1 is Labour Day and several Google offices would remain closed, the group further tweeted: "We encourage offices to participate during their next business day!" In November, nearly 20,000 Google employees across …

Google accused of retaliating against staff in new labour case
5 years, 8 months ago

Google accused of retaliating against staff in new labour case

Live Mint  

A complaint has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google of violating federal law by retaliating against an employee. It involved an alleged violation of a New Deal-era ban on punishing employees for involvement in collective action related to working conditions, according to a case summary posted online. The company’s since addressed some of the …

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