Sundar Pichai—Fired 28 employees who protested Google's $1.2B cloud contract with Israeli government
In April 2024, Google terminated 28 employees following protests against the company's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing and AI services. Nine workers had been arrested on trespassing charges after staging a sit-in at offices in New York and Sunnyvale. Workers alleged Google 'indiscriminately fired' people including some who did not directly participate in the sit-in, calling it 'flagrant retaliation.'
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Worker Organizing | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Worker Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.590 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Google terminated 28 employees after sit-in protests against $1.2B Israeli government contract
Google fired 28 employees following protests against its Project Nimbus cloud contract with the Israeli government. Workers alleged indiscriminate and retaliatory firings, including of employees who did not directly participate in the sit-in.