{"id":1887343,"date":"2023-03-15T07:27:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swiss-google-workers-stage-walkout-as-job-cuts-hit-europe\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T07:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:28:12","slug":"swiss-google-workers-stage-walkout-as-job-cuts-hit-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swiss-google-workers-stage-walkout-as-job-cuts-hit-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Google workers stage walkout as job cuts hit Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswiss-google-workers-stage-walkout-as-job-cuts-hit-europe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1887343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Martin Coulter<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) Hundreds marched out Wednesday at Google&#8217;s Zurich office, Switzerland after more 200 employees were laid off. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet, Google\u2019s parent company, announced plans to reduce 12,000 jobs worldwide in January. This is equivalent to 6%. <\/p>\n<p>This decision was taken amid a wave in job cuts in corporate America, particularly in the tech sector, which has seen more than 290,000. Workers have been fired since the beginning of this year according to Layoffs.fyi.<\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s Zurich Office, which is home to roughly 5,000 employees, held a walkout last month in protest of the imminent layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of the IT workers&#8217; union Syndicom said that over 2,000 employees offered to lower their wages and work more hours to stop job cuts. This proposal was rejected by Google.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our members at Google Zurich and all employees joining the walkout are showing solidarity with those laid off,&#8221; A spokesperson from Syndicom stated the following: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are bothered by the non-transparent nature of the layoffs, and are especially disappointed that Google is laying off workers at a time when the company is making billions in profit every year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Google spokesperson claimed that Google had reduced the number and alignment of its top priorities to maintain the roles. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The consultation process has now concluded in Switzerland and employees whose roles were impacted have been notified,&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Martin Coulter, editing by Chris Reese &#038; Jason Neely<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/swiss-google-workers-stage\/attachment\/file-photo-file-photo-a-man-walks-past-a-logo\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The February consumer price index report has been released. It shows that inflation is up 6% compared to last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom claims he is making a multimillion-dollar deal with Walgreens to get rid of abortion pills. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Rep. Steve Toth<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Alex Bruesewitz<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics expects to invest $230 billion over the next\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 acquired a $100 million plus stake in ByteDance, valuing the Chinese unlisted owner of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) \u2013 India plans to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Sarah Wu and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan is scrambling to secure its communications with the outside world against an\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/swiss-google-workers-stage\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=swiss-google-workers-stage\">As Europe is hit by job cuts, Swiss Google employees stage a walkout<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Martin Coulter (Reuters) -Hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout on Wednesday at the company\u2019s office in Zurich, Switzerland, after more than 200 workers were laid off. In January, Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs around the world, equivalent to 6% of its global workforce. 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