Google has fired more than 50 employees in the past week for participating in protests against the company's cloud computing deal with the Israeli government, according to activist group No Tech for Apartheid.
The protests dispute Google's participation in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021 the company to offer cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to Israel.
Google has fired 28 employees involved in protests against the company's "Project Nimbus" cloud contract with the Israeli government, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge. That follows the arrest and suspension of nine employees on April 16 and a previous firing related to the same project last month. Some of the fired workers were forcibly removed after occupying the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. Google head of global security Chris Rackow said that the company "will not...
Google workers linked to No Tech for Apartheid denounce ‘flagrant act of retaliation’ in dispute over $1.2bn cloud contractGoogle said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. Employees staged sit-ins at their offices, some for more than eight hours.The Alphabet unit said a small number of pro-Palestine employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations. They...
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal. The firings confirmed by Google late Wednesday came a day after nine employees were arrested during sit-in
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
Google employees, who staged a sit-in at the California office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian for over eight hours to demand the company’s cessation of business ties with Israel, were arrested late on Tuesday. The employees live-streamed their protest on Twitch under the tag “notech4apartheid.” The footage depicted them being given the option to […]
Google fired 28 employees Wednesday who protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Protesters staged sit-ins Tuesday at two Google offices — New York City and
Employees at Google's offices in New York and Sunnyvale staged a sit-in in protest of Project Nimbus on Tuesday. Nimbus is a government contract between Google and Amazon and the Israeli government for their cloud computing services. Protestors demanded that the $1.2 billion contract be terminated, ending Google's complicity and aid in human rights violations in Palestine. — Read the rest
Google fired 28 employees Thursday following sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices.
Google fired over two dozen employees for holding sit-in protests over the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel. Protesters occupied multiple offices in Seattle, New York, and Read More