Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract
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Drudge Report— 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....
The Foreign Desk—Google Fires 28 Workers Who Protested Cloud-Sharing Contract with Israel Government. 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.
AP News—Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel. Google has fired 28 employees who were involved in protests over the tech company's cloud computing contract with the Israeli government.
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.