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Google workers led sit-ins astatine office from coast-to-coast, protesting nan tech giant's statement pinch nan Israeli subject and nan company's alleged complicity successful nan Israel-Hamas war.
Tech workers astatine some Amazon and Google person long-protested Project Nimbus, which is Google and Amazon’s $1.2 cardinal statement pinch nan Israeli authorities and military.
The tech workers, who organized nan group "No Tech for Apartheid," said that nan Israeli miliary will usage Google exertion for "genocidal means."
"It’s clear that nan Israeli subject will usage immoderate exertion disposable to them for genocidal means," nan group said successful a caller statement. "Google workers do not want their labour to powerfulness Israel’s genocide of Palestinians successful Gaza."
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Google labor held a sit-in astatine office successful California, Washington authorities and New York connected Tuesday. (KTVU / Fox News)
Demonstrators conceded that location was nary impervious that Project Nimbus was being utilized against nan civilian organization successful Gaza.
"Technology should beryllium utilized to bring group together, not alteration apartheid, taste cleansing, and settler-colonialism," nan protesters said.
The Google labor demanded that Google driblet its $1.2 cardinal subject statement pinch Israel. (KTVU / Fox News)
Tech workers staged sit-ins astatine Google office successful Seattle, Washington, Sunnyvale, California and New York City connected Tuesday.
Google labor besides demanded nan institution extremity "the harassment, intimidation, bullying, silencing, and censorship of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Googlers."
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They besides demanded that Google reside "health and information issues" successful nan workplace, which arose from nan "mental wellness consequences of moving astatine a institution that is utilizing their labour to alteration a genocide."
Emaan Hasseem shared why she was protesting Google connected Tuesday, April 16 successful Sunnyville, California. (KTVU / Fox News)
In Sunnyvale, California, astir 3 twelve labor gathered, FOX 2 reported.
Demonstrators occupied nan agency of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian to publication their database of demands.
Protesters were seen carrying signs reading, "No tech for militarism."
Emaan Hasseem, a Google worker who was participating successful nan sit-in, said that nan labor were fighting for protection of "Arab, Palestinian and Muslim" workers.
"We request an extremity to nan statement Project Nimbus," Hasseem told FOX 2. "We request Google execs driblet Project Nimbus now. And we besides request that Google protects their Arab, Palestinian and Muslim workers who person been speaking retired against Project Nimbus who person been facing harassment, suppression, retaliation, astatine work."
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Video from FOX 13 showed dozens of protesters rallying astatine Lake Union Park successful Seattle connected Tuesday.
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The group was waving signs arsenic leaders called for an extremity of nan warfare pinch mega-phones.
FOX Business reached retired to Google for comment.
