Google fires 28 employees that protested controversial contract with Israeli govt

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28 Google employees were fired after protesting the tech giant's alleged partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Defence in a USD1.2 billion deal.

has laid off 28 members of staff after they had organised a protest at their offices in the US. This comes after the 28 employees had been protesting against Google’s lucrative—and controversial—cloud computing deal with the Israeli government and military.

After refusing multiple requests to leave the premises, law enforcement was engaged to remove them to ensure office safety,” – Google spokesperson Google is depriving us of these basic rights, which is what led us to sit-in at offices across the country yesterday,” – No Tech For Apartheid statementThe controversial contract in question is Project Nimbus, a contract worth USD1.2 billion signed between Google Cloud, Amazon and the Israeli government back in 2021.

 

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