A group of fired Google workers have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the tech giant of violating federal labor law after it fired 28 workers protesting the company’s cloud computing contract with Israel.
In the complaint, the fired workers say Google violated their right to organize and advocate for better working conditions within their company.
The workers were fired by Google earlier this month after they participated in several sit-in protests against Google’s participation in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract with Israel that provides cloud computing services.
Google said it fired the protesters because they were illegally disrupting business operations.
The workers want to be reinstated in their jobs, to receive backpay and to obtain a statement from Google promising to no longer violate their rights to organize.
The complaint comes as calls for companies and institutions to divest from Israel have only grown louder. Anti-Israel protests have popped up at college campuses all across the country. Fast-food chains like McDonalds and Starbucks have also faced their own protest and boycott movements since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.
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