Google Fires More Staffers , Following Protests Over , $1.2 Billion Israel Deal.<br />Google Fires More Staffers , Following Protests Over , $1.2 Billion Israel Deal.<br />'The Independent' reports that Google has fired at least <br />20 more workers following protests over the company <br />supplying Israel with technology amid the Gaza war.<br />'The Independent' reports that Google has fired at least <br />20 more workers following protests over the company <br />supplying Israel with technology amid the Gaza war.<br />A group representing the fired <br />workers said the total number of staff <br />terminated for protesting is now over 50. .<br />Internal turmoil at the tech giant revolves around <br />'Project Nimbus,' a 2021 contract for both Google and <br />Amazon to provide the Israeli government with technology. .<br />Internal turmoil at the tech giant revolves around <br />'Project Nimbus,' a 2021 contract for both Google and <br />Amazon to provide the Israeli government with technology. .<br />The $1.2 billion contract includes <br />cloud computing and artificial <br />intelligence services. .<br />The $1.2 billion contract includes <br />cloud computing and artificial <br />intelligence services. .<br />Last week, workers held sit-in <br />protests at Google's offices in both <br />New York and Sunnyvale, California.<br />The protests were organized by the group <br />No Tech For Apartheid, who said that 30 workers <br />were fired following the initial sit-in. .<br />According to Jane Chung, a spokeswoman for <br />No Tech For Apartheid, Google has now fired <br />"over 20" more workers, “including non-participating <br />bystanders during last week’s protests.”.<br />Google’s aims are clear: <br />the corporation is attempting <br />to quash dissent, silence <br />its workers, and reassert <br />its power over them, Jane Chung, a spokeswoman for No Tech For Apartheid, via 'The Independent'.<br />In its attempts to do so, <br />Google has decided to <br />unceremoniously, and <br />without due process, <br />upend the livelihoods of <br />over 50 of its own workers, Jane Chung, a spokeswoman for No Tech For Apartheid, via 'The Independent'.<br />In its attempts to do so, <br />Google has decided to <br />unceremoniously, and <br />without due process, <br />upend the livelihoods of <br />over 50 of its own workers, Jane Chung, a spokeswoman for No Tech For Apartheid, via 'The Independent'.<br />Google has disputed the group's claims, <br />stressing that the company carefully found that, “every single one of those whose employment <br />was terminated was personally and definitively <br />involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings.”
