Category: protest

Russia demands Google stop advertising ‘illegal’ protests on YouTube

Post author By Randall
Post date August 11, 2019
Categories In censorship, free speech, gear, Google, Internet, Politics, protest, protests, putin, Russia, streaming, Tech, Youtube

[ad_1] The company won’t have much choice but to respond. The Russian agency said it would treat continued promotion as “interference in the sovereign affairs” of the country and consider Google a “hostile influence” ostensibly bent on obstructing elections. Officials would have the “right to an adequate reaction,” Roskomnadzor said. We’ve asked Google for comment. […]

Google Walkout leader leaves the company over alleged retaliation

Post author By Randall
Post date June 7, 2019
Categories In business, gear, Google, google walkout, organizers, Politics, protest, punishment, retaliation, Tech, walkout

[ad_1] The Guardian reported Stapleton told her co-workers she had branded by her department “with a kind of scarlet letter that makes it difficult to do my job or find another one.” She determined that there was no where else for her to go within the company and believed that she and others were actively […]

Google staff share claims of company retaliation in town hall meeting

Post author By Randall
Post date April 27, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, demotion, gear, Google, google walkout, protest, retaliation, Tech, town hall, walkout

[ad_1] Stapleton and Whittaker started the outcry after explaining their own accusations. Stapleton said she was going to be demoted from her marketing role at YouTube and was asked to take a medical leave she didn’t need, saving her position only after she retained a lawyer. She added in email that the “environment remains hostile.” […]

Google makes it easier for employees to report harassment

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, discrimination, gear, Google, google walkout, googlewalkout, harassment, misconduct, organizers, policy, protest, sexual harassment, sexualharassment, Tech, walkout

[ad_1] She said the new site will provide employees with a simpler, clearer way for them to raise concerns. It’s setting up a similar site for its vendors and temporary workforce, which should be ready in June. Following a four-month trial period, the company is expanding its Support Person Program, which allows employees to bring […]

Google Walkout leaders accuse company of retaliation culture

Post author By Randall
Post date April 22, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, demotion, gear, Google, organizers, protest, punishment, retaliation, Tech, town hall, walkout

[ad_1] As Wired reports, Stapleton got news of her demotion just months after the protest. When she brought the issue to human resources, the environment reportedly became increasingly hostile. But when she hired a lawyer, her demotion was reversed. In April, Google disbanded its AI ethics board and told Whittaker that in order to stay […]

Google sets baseline standards for temp workers after outcry

Post author By Randall
Post date April 2, 2019
Categories In business, gear, Google, Internet, jobs, labor, protest, Tech, temp workers, temporary workers
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[ad_1] According to an email seen by The Guardian, the company’s Adrienne Crowther told workers the delay was necessary. “We wish it was as easy as flipping a switch and turning this on tomorrow,” she wrote. A spokeswoman confirmed the changes, but said they’d been in development “for a while” and that most partners would […]