Google sit-in: Workers protest alleged company retaliation after walkout

Google sit-in: Workers protest alleged company retaliation after walkout

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https://www.cnet.com/news/google-sit-in-workers-protest-alleged-company-retaliation-after-walkout/

In particular, two longtime Google employees say they've been unfairly targeted by the company because of their roles in organizing the Google walkout. That protest saw 20,000 Google workers march out of their offices in response to the company's handling of sexual harassment allegation directed at high-level executives. The worldwide event drew international media coverage.

One organizer, Meredith Whittaker, said she was asked to give up her work at the AI Now Institute, a research center she co-founded at New York University that examines the societal effects of artificial intelligence. Another organizer, Claire Stapleton, said she was told after the walkout she'd be demoted and lose half of her reports. She said she was also told to go on medical leave even though she wasn't sick.