A group of former Google employees have filed a federal labor complaint alleging they were wrongfully fired by Google for their involvement in internal protests over the company’s business relationship with the Israeli government.
The complaint, filed late Monday with the National Labor Relations Board, calls for improved working conditions and calls for “peaceful, non-destructive and The lawsuit alleges that Google “unlawfully retaliated” against workers who protested. apartheid.
The workers are “demanding reinstatement to their jobs, back pay, and a commitment from Google leadership not to retaliate against employees for their legitimate collective protests,” Chung said in a release.
“Google seeks to instill fear in its employees by unlawfully punishing and retaliating against those who speak out against Google’s interests and complicity in genocide.” said Zelda Montez, one of the nine employees arrested.
Pro-Palestinian staff, many wearing traditional Arab scarves and masks, storm office buildings as Google and Amazon withdraw from $1.2 billion ‘Project Nimbus’ contract to provide cloud services to Israel requested from Google.
A copy of the complaint was not immediately available to The Post. Representatives for the workers and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the situation.
As the Post reported earlier this month, Google fired 28 employees for participating in 10-hour sit-ins at its offices in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood and Sunnyvale, California.
“They took over office space, desecrated our property, and physically interfered with the work of other Googlers,” Chris Rakow, Google’s vice president of global security, said in a company-wide memo obtained by the Post. I mentioned it in. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made colleagues feel threatened.”
The company later confirmed that it had terminated an unspecified number of additional employees who were found to have been “directly involved in subversive activities” through an internal investigation.
No Tech For Apartheid claims that a total of more than 50 Google employees have been laid off, but the company has not commented on that number.
The group also claims that some “non-participating bystanders” were fired.
Protesters posted live streams, photos and videos of their antics on social media, including the moment the employee was given a final warning and arrested by local police.
The company’s activists claim the technology could be weaponized against Gaza’s local population, but Google says Project Nimbus is a “highly sensitive technology related to weapons and intelligence services.” It is not intended for high, sensitive, or military workloads.”
A spokesperson for the NLRB confirmed that the board has received the unfair labor practice complaint and is in the process of documenting it.
The Board will investigate the claim and, if determined to have merit, will seek to reach a settlement between the parties.
If a settlement is not reached, the board can file a formal complaint against the company and seek disciplinary action.
“All of those whose employment was terminated were personally and conclusively involved in disruptive activities within our buildings,” Google said in a statement.
