Google terminates 28 employees after multicity protests: Read the full memo
Publishing timestamp: 2024-04-18 11:58:08
Summary
Google terminated 28 employees after protests against labor conditions and a contract with the Israeli government and military. The protests were led by the "No Tech For Apartheid" organization, focusing on Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon. The fired employees were involved in the protests, and some were arrested. The protests show Google employees' opposition to the military use of AI and cloud technology.
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