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As a result of ceasefire demonstrations at Google sites, 28 employees were let go, the business reported on Tuesday. The sit-ins lasted for ten hours and occurred at offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, on Tuesday.
The majority of the demonstrators were not Google workers, although a few did join in, according to Google. Due to the disruption of certain employees’ work, Google deemed the acts as “a clear violation of our policies, and completely unacceptable behavior.”
Of the 28 workers, Google did not reveal how many were assigned to each of the three offices.
The demonstrators were part of the “No Tech for Apartheid” movement, which asserts that tech companies like Google and Amazon are participating in “the world’s first AI-powered genocide” by providing Israel with access to their technology.
“No Tech for Apartheid” stated that this blatant act of retaliation shows that Google prioritizes its $1.2 billion deal with the homicidal Israeli government and military over its employees, who are responsible for driving wealth creation for executives and shareholders.
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Protesters in Sunnyvale numbered around 80, according to the city’s department of public safety. The Washington Post stated that Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, had protesters enter his office.
To keep an eye on things, Sunnyvale DPS showed up at the offices about 10:30 in the morning. The last of the demonstrators had departed by 12:45 p.m., according to the police. Law enforcement officers stormed the facility shortly before 6:30 p.m. to apprehend the five surviving demonstrators.
All around the Bay Area this week, protests like this one took place. Following a blockage of the Golden Gate Bridge and an Oakland expressway on Monday, 38 individuals were apprehended.
The layoffs are said to be part of a larger round of layoffs that Google is allegedly going to implement.
