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Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week"s Gaza protest, group says

The group that led protests last week at Google over a cloud computing co.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesApr 23rd, 2024

Workers fired from Google plan federal labor complaint

Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralDec 3rd, 2019

Google fires four employees for "clear and repeated violations" of its data security policies, apparently including one whose suspension inspired a protest at a Google office (GOOG, GOOGL)

Tyler Sonnemaker/Business Insider Google circulated a memo on Monday that informed its employees that it had fired four workers, for what the company said were "clear and repeated violations" of its policies around data security. The memo said that t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 25th, 2019

Google answers protesters with changes to address sexual harassment

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai wrote a letter to Alphabet Inc. employees Thursday in response to last week's protest by workers, promising changes in how the company addresses sexual har.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchNov 8th, 2018

Google Workers Sacked Over Israel Protests File Federal Labor Complaint

Google Workers Sacked Over Israel Protests File Federal Labor Complaint Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Dozens of Google workers who were fired for protesting the tech gi.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 1st, 2024

Google workers fired for Israel contract protests claim terminations were illegal

The complaint said that about 50 employees were terminated or placed on administrative leave after April's protests in New York and California. Google HQ in Mountain View, California.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesG.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 1st, 2024

Google Fires 28 Workers Involved in Protests Over $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract

Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against .....»»

Category: topSource: timeApr 18th, 2024

Google fired 28 employees for staging in-office protests against the company"s contract with Israel

Nine Google workers were arrested during protests against the company's joint $1.2 billion contract with Israel. Tuesday's protests in California and New York led to 28 terminations and nine .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 18th, 2024

Exclusive: Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel

Two Google workers have resigned and another was fired over a project providing AI an.....»»

Category: topSource: timeApr 12th, 2024

: Google settles with labor board in win for new union

The settlement, which was approved this week, marks one of the first victories for the Alphabet Workers Union, a minority union formed by Google employees in January......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 31st, 2021

Every state raising its minimum wage in 2021

Twenty states rang in the New Year by upping hourly workers' pay - and the number of overall jurisdictions boosting minimum wage is record-breaking. A group of BLM demonstrators protest about $15 minimum wage in Lower Manhatt.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytJan 5th, 2021

Google workers form union to drive changes within company

Workers at Alphabet Inc. said Monday that a group of employees had formed a union focused on driving cha.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 4th, 2021

Google is offering its US employees free weekly COVID-19 tests that they can administer at home

All 90,000 US workers are eligible and can request up to two tests each week. Carsten Koall/Getty Images Google is offering its US workers a new perk: Free weekly COVID-19 testing kits. The Wall Street Journal first reported the ne.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytDec 19th, 2020

An Arizona ER doctor who was fired for tweeting about COVID-19 is set to go back to work this week - but he says healthcare workers still need more protections

"We need to be protected as healthcare providers," Dr. Cleavon Gilman said. "This cannot be the standard for which ER doctors are terminated." Gilman, an Iraq War veteran, has been a very vocal .....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytDec 14th, 2020

New York AG raises concerns about Amazon"s pandemic safety practices: source

Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest leader last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James's office wrote in a letter to the company last week......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 28th, 2020

FCA to resume preparatory operations at Melfi plant in Italy from Monday

An average of 750 workers of Fiat Chrysler Melfi assembly plant in southern Italy will be back to work next week to prepare the facility for the final development of the group's new hybrid cars, a union representative said on Friday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 24th, 2020

Amazon warehouse workers plan nationwide protest this week

More than 300 workers from about 50 facilities are planning to participate in the 'mass call out.'.....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralApr 20th, 2020

Amazon employees plan "online walkout" to protest firings and treatment of warehouse workers

A group of Amazon employees are calling for workers to walkout in protest of the company's labor practices......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralApr 17th, 2020

Amazon warehouse workers protest near Detroit, days after NYC walkout

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday a handful of workers staged a demonstration at one of its warehouses near Detroit, another U.S. protest this week over staff concerns about contracting the novel coronavirus on the job......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 1st, 2020

Independent worker group calls for Whole Foods "sick out" over coronavirus

An independent group of workers at Whole Foods Market called on colleagues to phone in sick to the grocer's stores on Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of adequate compensation and protections from the coronavirus......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 31st, 2020

Independent worker group calls for Whole Foods "sick out"

An independent group of workers at Whole Foods Market called on colleagues to phone in sick to the grocer's stores on Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of adequate compensation and protections from the coronavirus......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 31st, 2020