Employees of Big Tech are speaking out like never before

In this Nov. 1, 2018, file photo, Google employees hold up signs during a walkout rally at Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco to protest against what they said is the tech company’s mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives. Employees at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and elsewhere are increasingly speaking out about military warfare, immigration and the environment, and questioning the effects of their work. Experts say it’s an unprecedented trend of activism in Big Tech.

O’Sullivan, 34, considers herself part of a “growing backlash against unethical tech,” a groundswell in the past two years in which U.S. tech employees have tried to remake the industry from the inside out — pushing for more control over how their work is used and urging better conditions, job security and wages for affiliated workers.

Following last year’s walkouts over Google’s handling of sexual misconduct cases, employees signed a letter protesting Project Dragonfly, a search engine that would comply with Chinese censorship. They’re feeling emboldened because of national and global “existential crises” and the realization that tech companies “have more power than any multinational corporation has had in a long time,” Dubal said.

A Google spokesperson did not comment on specific incidents but emphasized that retaliation is prohibited and pointed to CEO Sundar Pichai’s previous statements on worker dissent. Amr Gaber, 32, a Google engineer, was among several tech workers at a July demonstration in front of Facebook’s San Francisco office supporting cafeteria workers seeking a new contract. He said although the white-collar workers are more privileged, they’re all working people.

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