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Google walkouts showed what the new tech resistance looks like, with lots of cues from union organizing

Google walkouts showed what the new tech resistance looks like, with lots of cues from union organizing

6 years ago
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/03/google-employee-protests-as-part-of-new-tech-resistance.html

An atypical spirit of tech worker solidarity was on display Thursday morning, as 20,000 Google employees poured from offices in 50 cities around the world as part of a massive walk-out to protest the way the company handles sexual harassment.

The widespread demonstrations, spurred by a revealing New York Times report that detailed how Google has shielded executives accused of sexual misconduct, were the largest-scale representation yet of a new type of labor organizing catching on in the tech industry.