Google Fires 28 Employees For 'Extremely Disruptive' Pro-Palestine Sit-In Protest: 'We Will Not Be Leaving'
A 10-hour long sit-in protest at Google left 28 employees without a job.
The employees' protest, which took place in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, was objecting the tech company's business ties with the Israeli government.
According to the New York Post, pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in traditional Palestinian headscarves called Keffiyehs, stormed and occupied the office of a high-level executive in California on Tuesday. They were terminated late Wednesday.
(Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Per the news outlet, Google's Vice President of Global Security Chris Rackow wrote a company-wide statement claiming they impeded work and vandalized property.
"They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers," Rackow wrote in the memo. "Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened."
UPDATE—@google worker sitins in NYC/ Sunnyvale are in their 7th hour. Here are statements from workers still inside RIGHT NOW@Google workers will NOT allow business as usual while Google provides tech 4 Israel’s genocide in Gaza#NoTechForApartheid #NoTechForGenocide pic.twitter.com/V5RGDjGtIc
— No Tech For Apartheid (@NoTechApartheid) April 16, 2024
Meanwhile in New York City, protesters occupied the 10th floor of Google's Chelsea offices which extended to offices in Seattle, citing "No Tech Day for Genocide Day of Action."
Rackow says the company won't hesitate to push back, stating, "We will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take action against disruptive behavior — up to and including termination."
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The protestors also wore shirts that read "Googler Against Genocide," "No Tech For Apartheid," and held signs that said they were against "Project Nimbus."
@notechforapartheid WE WILL NOT BE LEAVING! Google Employees protesting Google’s 1.2B contract with ♬ Mozart/Requiem "Lacrimosa"(1394506) - Mint
A software engineer a part of "No Tech For Apartheid" captured the moment they were confronted by NYPD, maintaining that they "Will not be leaving." The video has received 1.9M views within 19 hours.
The ongoing protests demand that Google drop their Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government and their military.
