Google has fired more than two dozen employees for protesting its $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud and artificial intelligence services. Twenty-eight people were fired after nine employees were arrested Tuesday night following a sit-in at the company’s offices in Seattle, New York and Sunnyvale, California — including one at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office, according to the group that organized the demonstration, No Tech for Apartheid....
Alphabet Inc.'s Google has put more than two dozen employees on immediate
Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, project to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services.
Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which supports Israeli military and governmentGoogle has been accused of throwing a “tantrum” after sacking more than 50 workers in response to a protest over the company’s military ties to the Israeli government – firings that have shone a light on a controversial project and long-simmering tensions between staff and management.The workers were sacked following protests at Google offices in New York City and...
Nine Google employees were arrested while participating in sit-in protests at Google offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif. The post Google Fires 28 Workers Who Protested Cloud-Sharing Contract with Israel Government first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
Google has fired 28 employees who were involved in protests over the tech
In a companywide memo obtained by The Post, Google vice president of global security Chris Rackow said their “behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.”
Google employees were arrested after a sit-in protesting cloud deals with Israel. Workers occupied offices to oppose Project Nimbus, voicing concerns that the technology could enable surveillance.
The shocking protests included a complete takeover of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale by workers wearing traditional Arab headscarves.
They demanded that Google cancel its participation in "Project Nimbus" -- a $1.2 billion contract with Israel that involves Google Cloud as well as Amazon Web Services.
Search engine giant Google has fired nearly 30 of its US employees after they were arrested for staging sits-ins at the company's offices to protest its contract with the Israeli government
Google is terminating the employment of 28 workers after protests against labor conditions and the company's contract to provide the Israeli government.