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In April, Google fired 50 staffers after protests over its contracts with Israel. Forbes spoke with legal experts about the protections employees have and don’t have when speaking out at work. ....
ALBAWABA - Several Pro Palestinian Google employees who were sacked amid internal protests over the company’s ‘Project Nimbus’ deal with the Israeli gov ....
The Morris Museum will present Nimbus Dance, a leading contemporary dance company, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 26, at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown. ....
Employers from the protest group no tech for apartheid said in a statement, quote, this excuse to avoid confronting us and our concerns directly and attempted to justify its illegal retaliatory firings is a lie. google says it will continue to investigate the protests and take action as needed. it claims the protests were disruptive, and that demonstrators physically impeded other employees from doing their work or accessing facilities. the protest group rejected those claims, saying the peaceful sit ins did not lead to the damage of property or involve threatening other workers. in fact, the group described receiving an overwhelming show of support from their fellow employees. the tech company also claims the protests are part of a long- standing campaign by groups of people who largely don t work there. to be clear, more than 200 google employees are actively involved with no tech for apartheid, according to its members. backlash against project nimbus may be hitting a flashpoint ....
To the military. protests first led to arrests and now some mass firings. in internal note obtained by the new york post. google announced the firing of 28 staffers for taking part in the protests. saying, in part, quote: they took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other googlers. their behavior was unacceptable. extremely disruptive and made co-workers feel threatened. the protesters were associated with a group called no tech for apartheid. made up of google and amazon employees. they responded in part, quote: google is terrified of us. google is terrified of workers calling for accountability and transparency from our bosses. these mass illegal firings will not stop us. they only fuel the organic growth of this movement. and, bret, protesters and critics say that nimbus technology can be weaponized against palestinians in gaza. but, google denies that and says nimbus is not assisting israel ....