Google Fires 28 Workers Who Protested Cloud-Sharing Contract with Israel Government
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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...
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.
Los Angeles Times—Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract. Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices this week to protest the tech giant's work in Israel amid the war against Hamas in Gaza. The protests, organized by the No Tech for Apartheid campaign, raised concerns about Google and Amazon's $1.2-billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government and military. The campaign is demanding that Google and Amazon drop the effort, known as Project Nimbus. The advocacy group staged...