"Google Terminates 28 Employees for Protesting Israel Cloud Contract"

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Source: The Verge
"Google Terminates 28 Employees for Protesting Israel Cloud Contract"
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Google fired 28 employees who were involved in sit-in protests over the company's $1.2 billion Israeli government cloud contract, warning that disruptive behavior violates company policies and will not be tolerated. The "No Tech for Apartheid" group behind the protests called the firings retaliatory, stating that Google workers have the right to peacefully protest labor conditions. Google's head of global security emphasized that the company takes disruptive behavior seriously and will continue to apply its policies, including termination if necessary.

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