American company Google said on Thursday that it had laid off 28 of its employees when Israeli A few employees participated in the protest once morest the contract with the government.
According to Reuters news agency, the company said that a small number of protesting employees entered several areas of the office and disrupted work.
The company said in a statement: ‘Practically disrupting the work of other employees and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies and is completely unacceptable behavior.’
Google said it made the findings following an individual investigation, which led to the termination of 28 employees. Further, the company will continue to investigate and take necessary action.
Google employees associated with the ‘No Take for Apartheid’ campaign called it a ‘retaliatory act’, saying some employees, who did not directly participate in Tuesday’s protest, were among those targeted by Google. was dismissed
The group added in the statement that ‘workers have the right to peacefully protest in accordance with Google’s labor terms and conditions.’
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According to the American newspaper Washington Post, the employees said that the protesting employees were detained for a few hours before being released.
According to the newspaper, the employees of the group called ‘No Take for Ophthalmology’ to Israel from 2021 technology Writing letters and protesting once morest Google’s deal to sell.
Tensions between Google and Amazon employees over the cloud computing contract, known as ‘Nimbus’, have escalated since Israel’s invasion of Gaza in October. Critics of the plan say it will strengthen the Israeli government’s surveillance of Palestinians, further displacing them and subjecting them to discrimination.
According to the report, one fired employee told the newspaper: ‘I am very angry. I helped organize the sit-in but did not participate directly. It’s a hugely disproportionate response to activists standing up for ethics and holding Google accountable for its promises. Firing people associated with an event they don’t like is unbelievable.’
According to Reuters, protests at Google are nothing new. In 2018, activists successfully pressured the company to end its contract with the U.S. military’s ‘Project Meow’, which aimed to analyze aerial drone imagery for potential use in warfare.
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