Google fires 28 staff after protest against firm’s contract with Israeli government


by The Guardian

The Guardian— 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...

Engadget—Google fired 28 workers who protested Israeli government cloud contract. 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...

The Washington Times—Google fires 28 workers after protest over Israeli contract. Google fired 28 employees Thursday following sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices.

Breitbart—Google Fires 50+ Employees for Protesting Israeli Government Contract. 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.