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Google has fired 28 employees who participated in protests against the company's $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government and military to provide cloud and AI services.

Google has fired 28 employees who participated in protests against the company's $1.2B contract with the Israeli government and military to provide cloud and AI services. Amazon is also a joint recipient of the contract.

Google has fired 28 employees who participated in protests against the company's $1.2B contract with the Israeli government and military to provide cloud and AI services.

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The protests, organized by the group No Tech for Apartheid, took place on Tuesday at Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, California, with protestors demanding the company to drop its contract with the Israeli government. Nine people were arrested during the protests on Tuesday.

The protests, organized by the group No Tech for Apartheid, took place Tuesday at Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, Calif. with protestors demanding the company to drop its contract with Israel. Nine were arrested during the protests on Tuesday.

The contract facing condemnation from protestors, Project Nimbus, is a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government to provide artificial intelligence services and cloud infrastructure. Protestors accuse the company of supporting Israeli military action and alleged human rights violations in Gaza through building custom tools and "doubling down" on support for the country since the start of the war in October.

Project Nimbus, the contract facing condemnation from protestors, is a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government to provide artificial intelligence services and cloud infrastructure. Protestors accuse the company of supporting Israeli military action and alleged human rights violations in Gaza through building custom tools and "doubling down" on support for the country since the start of the war in October.

Project Nimbus is a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government to provide artificial intelligence (AI) services and cloud infrastructure. Protestors accuse the company of supporting Israeli military action and alleged human rights violations in Gaza.

During the protests, employees also protested labor conditions saying that Project Nimbus had negatively impacted employees "health and safety on the job" and highlighted alleged discrimination against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim workers at the company.

During the protests, employees also protested labor conditions saying that Project Nimbus had negatively impacted employees' "health and safety on the job" and highlighted alleged discrimination against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim workers at the company.

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In a memo sent to all Google employees on Wednesday, the company's head of security, Chris Rackow, criticized the protests and warned that the company would take action against those who violate its policies, saying "we will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take action against disruptive behavior — up to and including termination."

In a memo sent to all Google employees on Wednesday, the company's head of security, Chris Rackow, criticized the protests and warned that the company would take action against those who violate its policies.

No Tech for Apartheid has accused Google of retaliatory firings, saying that protestors had participated in a "peaceful sit-in and refusing to leave did not damage property or threaten other workers," and that the company had fired its employees "indiscriminately."

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While Google is aware that Tuesday's protests were the work of a small group of people who do not represent the majority of the company's employees, it is important to note that disruptive behavior like that demonstrated in Tuesday's protests has no place in the workplace. This unprofessionalism will not be tolerated, and Google is well within its rights to act against disorderly conduct, including firing employees. Google employees should think twice before violating the company's policies in the future.

Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over Israel cloud contract

The firing of these Google employees is retaliatory and unfair. Protestors were peaceful and these firings are illegal and retaliatory. Google should not be involved in any military contracts, and Project Nimbus and its association with the genocide taking place in Gaza is causing undue mental distress for employees. These firings go to show that the company cares more about profit and its agreements with the Israeli government than it does about the wellbeing of its own employees.

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While Google is aware that Tuesday's protests were the work of a small group of people who do not represent the majority of the company's employees, it's important to note that disruptive behavior like that demonstrated in Tuesday's protests has no place in the workplace.  Unprofessionalism will not be tolerated, and Google is well within its rights to act against disorderly conduct, up to and including termination.

The firing of these Google employees is unfair. Protestors were peaceful and these firings were illegal and retaliatory. Google should not be involved in any military contracts, and Project Nimbus and its association with the catastrophe taking place in Gaza are causing undue mental distress for employees. These firings show that the company cares more about profit and its agreements than it does about the well-being of its own employees or taking an ethical stance on the role of AI in conflict and human ri

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