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Google Fires 4 Workers Active in Labor Organizing
New York Slimes ^ | November 25, 2019 | Kate Conger and Daisuke Wakabayashi

Posted on 11/27/2019 5:18:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The memo, sent by Google's security and investigations team, told employees that the company had dismissed four employees "for clear and repeated violations of our data security policies." Jenn Kaiser, a Google spokeswoman, confirmed the firings but declined to elaborate... This month, Google placed two employees, Laurence Berland and Rebecca Rivers, on administrative leave, saying they had gotten into confidential documents that were not relevant to their work. They were among the four workers who were fired, according to two people familiar with the dismissals... In the memo, Google said the fired employees had repeatedly searched for, looked through and distributed information "outside the scope of their jobs." One of the workers set up notifications to receive emails detailing the work and whereabouts of other employees without their knowledge or consent, the memo said... In August, nearly 1,500 Google workers signed a petition asking the company not to pursue a contract with Customs and Border Protection, which they said was complicit in "human rights abuses." In September, Google hired a former member of the Department of Homeland Security staff, Miles Taylor, a move that provoked a backlash from workers who objected to the Trump administration's family separation policy. Google deleted questions about Mr. Taylor's employment from internal systems, BuzzFeed News reported.

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TOPICS: US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: google; jennkaiser; laurenceberland; milestaylor; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; rebeccarivers
Across Silicon Valley, hundreds of Facebook (FB) employees have spoken out to oppose the company's stance on political advertising. Workers at Amazon (AMZN) staged a walkout in September to push CEO Jeff Bezos for further action on climate change. And leaders at Microsoft (MSFT) and Salesforce (CRM) have received letters from employees asking them to end government contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Brian Fung | CNN Business | Tensions between Google and its employees are reaching a breaking point | November 27, 2019

1 posted on 11/27/2019 5:18:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

2 posted on 11/27/2019 5:18:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Some Google Employees are fascist Nazi wanna-bees?

Who knew?


3 posted on 11/27/2019 5:35:33 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Yeah, knock me over with a feather. /s


4 posted on 11/27/2019 5:37:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

First good thing I’ve heard about Googly in a long time...


5 posted on 11/27/2019 5:41:27 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SunkenCiv

Left-wing organizations typically do not react nicely when left-wing tactics are used against them.


6 posted on 11/27/2019 6:06:26 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: SunkenCiv

google sucks.
google employee’s suck worse.


7 posted on 11/27/2019 6:15:36 PM PST by MountainDad (A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Uh-oh...that’s a huge no-no in the eyes of the NLRB. Google could end up in court over this one.


8 posted on 11/27/2019 6:40:07 PM PST by econjack
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To: SunkenCiv
NY Times is the enemy of your free speech
9 posted on 11/27/2019 6:49:49 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: T Ruth

10 posted on 11/27/2019 7:03:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Google Fires 4 Workers Active in Labor Organizing”

And the FIRST THING those ‘workers’ will do is run to WHITE lawyers, quite possibly Jewish lawyers, and maybe even Jewish lawyers who give money to ISRAEL - the second worst country in the world, after America (according to most Google employees).

Hey, but what the hell, they want money, so why not!


11 posted on 11/27/2019 7:15:36 PM PST by BobL (I drive a pickup truck to work because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: BobL
"What do you get when you cross a gay guy with a Jew? A hit Broadway show." -- Drew Carey

12 posted on 11/27/2019 7:21:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: econjack
We're already in a virtual war that in its own way is bigger than WWII. This is one major battle of that war.

13 posted on 11/27/2019 7:22:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, all the unions better get word out to their members to boycott google in their homes and phones!


14 posted on 11/27/2019 7:43:16 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Steely Tom

Pelosi needs to take her BFF, the communist Richard Trumpka, to Silicon Valley.


15 posted on 11/27/2019 7:49:34 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the links.


16 posted on 11/28/2019 7:03:43 AM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: T Ruth
My pleasure.

17 posted on 11/28/2019 9:18:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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