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Google walkout: global protests after sexual misconduct allegations
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
Posted: November 5th, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/01/google-wa...
Thousands of Google staff across the world have staged a series of walkouts. Demonstrations at the companys offices around the world began at 11.10am in Tokyo and took place at the same time in other time zones. They follow allegations of sexual misconduct made against senior executives, which organisers say are the most high-profile examples of thousands of similar cases across the company. An image from the Singapore hub showed at least 100 staff protesting. In London, the majority of employees left their desks and occupied the main auditorium in the companys Kings Cross office. Once the room was filled, some gathered outside, as did a separate contingent of employees from the companys AI subsidiary, DeepMind. Employees were urged to leave a flyer at their desk that read: Im not at my desk because Im walking out in solidarity with other Googlers and contractors to protest [against] sexual harassment, misconduct, lack of transparency and a workplace culture thats not working for everyone. The Walkout for Real Change protest comes a week after it emerged that Google gave a $90m (70m) severance package to Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android mobile phone software, but concealed details of a sexual misconduct allegations that triggered his departure. In San Francisco, where approximately 2,500 employees work, hundreds gathered in front of the citys Ferry Building.
Note: Over 20,000 Google employees were reported to have participated in the mass walkout. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing corporate corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
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