Google fired 28 workers who protested Israeli government cloud contract

Google has fired 28 employees involved in protests against the company’s “Project Nimbus” cloud contract with the Israeli government, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge. That follows the arrest and suspension of nine employees on April 16 and a previous firing related to the same project last month.

Some of the fired workers were forcibly removed after occupying the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. Google head of global security Chris Rackow said that the company “will not tolerate” such incidences and warned that the company could take further action.

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