{"id":2225568,"date":"2024-04-19T18:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-faces-worker-unrest-after-firing-28-employees-involved-in-pro-palestinian-sit-in\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:47:31","slug":"google-faces-worker-unrest-after-firing-28-employees-involved-in-pro-palestinian-sit-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-faces-worker-unrest-after-firing-28-employees-involved-in-pro-palestinian-sit-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is dealing with employee backlash following the termination of 28 workers who took part in a pro-Palestinian sit-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fgoogle-faces-worker-unrest-after-firing-28-employees-involved-in-pro-palestinian-sit-in%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=2225568&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>Google is under fire for firing 28 employees who participated in a sit-in protesting a contract with Israel.\u200d The workers disrupted Google&#8217;s operations, leading to their termination. The company defended its actions, stating that\u200d the \u200cprotesters were directly involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-obama-envoy-warns-u-s-groups-stop-disruptive-activities-in-canada\/\" title=\"Ex-Obama Envoy Warns U.S. Groups: Stop \"Disruptive Activities' in Canada\">disruptive activities<\/a>. Google also refuted allegations of\u2063 supporting\u200d genocide through the contract\u2063 in question. Google is facing\u200c criticism for dismissing \u200c28 employees involved in a sit-in protesting a contract with Israel. The employees&#8217; actions disrupted Google&#8217;s\u2062 operations, resulting in their termination. \u2063Google defended its decision, highlighting the disruptive behavior \u2062of the protesters. Additionally, Google denied \u200caccusations\u200d of supporting genocide through the \u200dcontroversial contract.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Google\">Google<\/a> is facing backlash from workers and activists after firing 28 employees who staged a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sit-in<\/a> over a contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Google\">Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, employees staged a sit-in in Google\u2019s Silicon Valley and New York offices, demanding an end to the controversial Project Nimbus \u2014 a $1.2 billion contract between the Israeli government and Google and Amazon. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, a Google spokeswoman said the company had carefully reviewed the situation and everyone involved in the protest. The actions of the protesters extended beyond protesting activities and actively disrupted the company, executives held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single one of the twenty-eight people whose employment was terminated was personally and definitively involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings,\u201d a Google spokeswoman said. \u201cWe carefully confirmed every single one (and then actually reconfirmed each one) during our investigation. The groups were live-streaming themselves from the physical spaces they had taken over for many hours, which did help us with our confirmation. And many employees whose work was physically disrupted submitted complaints, with details and evidence. So the claims to the contrary being made are just nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also dismissed concerns about Project Nimbus, disputing claims by activists that Google was \u201cfunding genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle Cloud supports numerous governments around the world in countries where we operate, including the Israeli government, with our generally available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-call-for-investigation-into-amazons-alleged-bribery-of-defense-official\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Amazon\u2019s Alleged Bribery of Defense Official\">cloud computing services<\/a>,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cWe have been very clear that the Nimbus contract is for workloads running on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-department-officials-plan-to-utilize-ai-to-help-identify-threats\/\" title=\"Defense officials to use AI for threat identification\">commercial cloud<\/a> by Israeli government ministries, who agree to comply with our <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/terms\/aup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Acceptable Use Policy<\/a>.\u00a0This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All those who partook in the protests and were fired were members of the No Tech for Apartheid group, NPR reported. Over 100 people altogether took part in the protest.<\/p>\n<p>One of the participants, Zelda Montes, told the outlet that she was shocked by her firing and that it represents a major misstep from the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle was quite literally silencing our voices in the workplace and not allowing for any kind of worker dissent to be expressed around the project,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Montes also disputed Google\u2019s claim that Project Nimbus had no military use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of our concerns as organizers with No Tech for Apartheid is that Google has made various duplicitous claims saying that this isn\u2019t a military contract,\u201d she said. \u201cExcept we already know that the Israeli occupation forces are leaders in this contract as well as beneficiaries of them. There\u2019s already been news coverage that says that Google isn\u2019t allowed to restrict any parts of the entity like any entities of the government from accessing their software, so they can\u2019t even necessarily say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the firing, Montes vowed to continue her actions against the project until it was dropped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorkers are agitated and we\u2019re organized. \u2026 We\u2019ll keep organizing until this project is dropped,\u201d she told NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to No Tech for Apartheid for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is receiving criticism from employees and activists for dismissing 28 workers who protested a contract involving Israel. 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