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Google fires more workers after protests against contract with Israel

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Google has fired more than 20 additional workers following last week’s protests over the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, the group that organized the protests said Monday night.  The latest firings bring the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, according to No Tech for Apartheid.   “This evening, … Read more

Google fires employees who protested Israel contract

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Google fired 28 employees Wednesday who protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Protesters staged sit-ins Tuesday at two Google offices — New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif. — in protest of the $1.2 billion contract that the company shares with Amazon to provide cloud computing services to Israel. Nine people … Read more