Angry workers dented Google, now they're after Microsoft and the rest
After an open letter from employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke out about US enforcement separating children from families Getty Images / Chesnot / Contributor Big tech is facing a backlash: from its employees. "We, tech industry employees, will not help build products that advance violence against families at the border," a spokesperson from worker-led industry activist organisation the Tech Workers Coalition says. Protesting the state On June 18, Microsoft issued a public statement decrying human rights abuses by ICE and saying that the company was "dismayed by the forcible separation of children from their families at the border" following public outcry over the company's $19.4 million contract to provide Azure cloud services to the agency. Two days later, CEO Satya Nadella wrote in a memo to all employees: "Microsoft is not working with the U.S. government on any projects related to separating children from their families at the border.
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