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@timnitGebru

Jan 5

I wonder which people we're discussing here. 🤔

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Mekka

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@mekkaokerekebye

Jan 4

Let me answer this for y'all. Because Google treats its employees well and values us as complete human beings, and smart people want to be treated well. It's not the only place that treats employees well, but some startup CEOs are vocally disdainful of their own employees. twitter.com/noahkagan/stat…

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Laurence Berland

@laurenceb

Jan 5

I remember how Google treats its employees a bit differently... Would definitely not describe it as well or as being treated as a "complete human being". Part of what Google does to workers is sell them this self image so when they are mistreated they will first blame themselves

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Mekka

@mekkaokerekebye

Jan 4

Let me answer this for y'all. Because Google treats its employees well and values us as complete human beings, and smart people want to be treated well. It's not the only place that treats employees well, but some startup CEOs are vocally disdainful of their own employees. twitter.com/noahkagan/stat…

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@alex@dair-community.social

@alexhanna

Jan 5

Google treats you well*! *if you're willing to toe the party line and not advocate for workers' rights, not fight against surveillance or military uses of their products, white supremacist hiring practices, and caste discrimination. But other than that, sure.

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Mekka

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@mekkaokerekebye

Jan 4

Let me answer this for y'all. Because Google treats its employees well and values us as complete human beings, and smart people want to be treated well. It's not the only place that treats employees well, but some startup CEOs are vocally disdainful of their own employees. twitter.com/noahkagan/stat…

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Athena Coalition

@athenaforall

Sep 8, 2022

We’re out here with 150 workers and community members at Google’s office in NYC to tell Amazon and Google: #NoTechForApartheid We won’t stay silent about the companies’ contracts with Israeli military and government! Follow along ⤵️⤵️⤵️

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Ariel Koren

@ariel_koko

Sep 9, 2022

Hundreds of community members and workers across 4 cities came together today to tell

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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA)

@AlphabetWorkers

Sep 9, 2022

We're showing up in Seattle outside the Google SLU office today speaking out and saying #NoTechForApartheid

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Rafael Shimunov

@rafaelshimunov

Sep 8, 2022

Now this is Palestine solidarity. Outside of

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NYC with Google and Amazon tech workers opposing their cloud tech and their work upholding Israel apartheid #NoTechForApartheid Follow

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Nitasha Tiku @nitashatiku@mastodon.social

@nitashatiku

Jun 2, 2022

This led to the end of an era...the last Google Walkout organizer has left the building Longtime observers say it fits a familiar pattern at Google. Women of color are asked to advocate for change. Then they’re punished for disrupting the status quo.

washingtonpost.com

Google’s plan to talk about caste bias led to ‘division and rancor’

Thenmozhi Soundararajan was uninvited from giving a talk at Google about caste bias after some employees said such discrimination doesn't exist.

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wanted to make me the face of the whole unionizing efforts against them…. welp there you go!

@JeffBezos

@DavidZapolsky

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉

@amazonlabor

We worked had fun and made History ‼️✊🏾 #ALU # ALUfortheWin welcome the 1st union in America for Amazon 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

Apr 1, 2022

BREAKING: David beats Goliath! In a historic victory, Amazon workers in Staten Island win the first U.S. Amazon union.

@AmazonLabor

and workers at the JFK8 warehouse overcame extreme union-busting to make history.

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Jodi Kantor

@jodikantor

Apr 1, 2022

Chris Smalls, fired from Amazon almost two years ago to the day, just popped champagne outside the NLRB offices where he and his peers won one of the greatest labor victories in a generation. “To the first Amazon union in history,” he said.

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Kei Pritsker

@KeiPritsker

Apr 1, 2022

The moment Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse declared victory in their vote to form the first Amazon union in the United States

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Laurence Berland

@laurenceb

Project Vivian started *right after* the walkout. Almost immediately. Google wants to spin the firings as unrelated to unions but that distinction doesn't make sense, isn't present in law, and isn't how they saw it when they started the union suppression project. 2/

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Laurence Berland

@laurenceb

Despite Google's absurd statement in the article, these latest document snippets are extremely vindicating for me. I've said for a while that companies like Google don't actually see a difference between "unionization" and organizing around issues. 1/

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Lauren Kaori Gurley

@LaurenKGurley

NEW: B/w 2018 and 2020, Google had a secret anti-union project described by an executive as an initiative to “convince [employees] that unions suck." Part of this project included having a "respected voice" pen an anti-union oped about tech worker unions. vice.com/en/article/v7d

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Edward Ongweso Jr

@bigblackjacobin

Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’

INTERESTING reading that Google's anti-union campaign Project Vivian wanted a "respected" voice to pen an anti-union op-ed if “there would be no fingerprints and not Google specific" makes me wonder how often other tech companies have done this already

vice.com

New court documents reveal how Google ran its anti-union campaign, 'Project Vivian,' between late 2018 and early 2020.

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Dec 24, 2021

We, the Apple workers need more from our Employer. This is what we request with #AppleWalkout

The workers' requests

We demand hazard pay.

We demand living wage adjustment raises.

We demand healthcare premium coverage.

We demand more accessible paid leave.

We demand full benefits for part-time workers.

We demand protections from abusive customers.

For the COVID pandemic:
- N95 Masks for all
- Sanitizer stations- Appointments only
- No loitering

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Lauren Kaori Gurley

@LaurenKGurley

NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT: Amazon has agreed to email past and current warehouse workers ~more than 1 million people who worked during the pandemic~ about their right to organize on Amazon property. The historic NLRB settlement was signed yesterday.

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MigraineDuck

@Migraine_Duck

I worked in Apple retail for five years. We had to harass corporate for years to provide insurance that would cover any doctor in our city. Customers would harass and abuse us with impunity, all while we had less and less time allotted to solve problems.

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Calling all Apple workers and patrons! Tomorrow, December 24th, 2021, Apple workers are staging a walkout/callout to demand better working conditions. Strike funds are available for participants: coworkerfund.org/netflixapplefu. Don't cross the picket line. #AppleWalkout

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Don't cross the picket line.

We are Apple.

We deserve a respectful workplace.

We deserve paid sick time.

We deserve protection on the frontlines.

We deserve proper mental healthcare.

Demand that Apple upholds its image with your wallet.
Don’t shop in stores. Don’t shop online.

#AppleWalkout

December 24, 2021.

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Emily Cunningham

@emahlee

Dec 12, 2021

Our statement:

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Emily Cunningham

@emahlee

Sep 29, 2021

Statement from me and @marencosta docs.google.com/document/d/15k

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Janneke Parrish

@JannekeParrish

Workers matter! Our rights, our dignity, and our well-being matters! Stand with us for Apple workers' rights, and to take a stand for all retail workers! #AppleToo #AppleWalkout

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Calling all Apple workers and patrons! Tomorrow, December 24th, 2021, Apple workers are staging a walkout/callout to demand better working conditions. Strike funds are available for participants: coworkerfund.org/netflixapplefu. Don't cross the picket line. #AppleWalkout

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Support workers this holiday season: don’t cross the picket line! Don’t buy from Apple tomorrow, 12/24. If you’re able, donate to the strike fund. Spread the word! #AppleWalkout

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Calling all Apple workers and patrons! Tomorrow, December 24th, 2021, Apple workers are staging a walkout/callout to demand better working conditions. Strike funds are available for participants: coworkerfund.org/netflixapplefu. Don't cross the picket line. #AppleWalkout

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From #AppleToo to Apple Together

Dec 3, 2021

We've read stories from hundreds of our colleagues anonymously, but today we'd like to revisit some of our other colleagues whose struggles have been more public over the past couple decades. From #AppleToo to Apple Together. Time to think equitable.

medium.com

Time to think equitable.

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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA)

@AlphabetWorkers

Oct 26, 2021

Alphabet just announced their Third Quarter 2021 earnings. The corporation made $65.1 billion—but have yet to pay back the $100 million owed to TVC's across the globe that Alphabet KNOWINGLY underpaid for years. Alphabet—pay workers the backpay they are owed NOW.

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"If you read internet comment threads on reporting about the controversy, you can clearly see the threat this rhetoric poses for trans people. And you have to be aware that it is happening." - a signer of bit.ly/GoogleNetflixL #NetflixWalkout

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Terra Field, UNIX eunuch

@RainofTerra

Thanks you to the

folks 💜🏳️‍⚧️💜 #NetflixWalkout

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We are privileged to share this letter: As trans* Googlers & their allies, we feel silence is an inappropriate response to the recent events at Netflix & subsequent walkouts. In this letter, the opinions we express are entirely our own. #NetflixWalkout bit.ly/GoogleNetflixL

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From a signer: "As the parent of a non-binary teen I value safety and recognize the role representation and tone play in creating a safe society." #NetflixWalkout bit.ly/GoogleNetflixL

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Daisy Hollman

@The_Whole_Daisy

Today I'm proud to be a part of an amazing trans community at Google.

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We are privileged to share this letter: As trans* Googlers & their allies, we feel silence is an inappropriate response to the recent events at Netflix & subsequent walkouts. In this letter, the opinions we express are entirely our own. #NetflixWalkout bit.ly/GoogleNetflixL

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An open letter supporting Trans* Netflix employees

"... Silence and shrugging is not an adequate response. For all the work they claim to do to promote (read: capitalize) on trans and queer talent and voices, it does not make up for giving platform to content which perpetuates harm." - bit.ly/GoogleNetflixL signer

googlewalkout.medium.com

As trans* Googlers and their allies, we feel that silence is an inappropriate response to the recent events at Netflix and subsequent…

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"...are the targets of violence, extreme prejudice, and legislative discrimination. Perpetuating and amplifying such voices with Netflix's stamp of tacit approval is unacceptable and dangerous. Leaders in media and technology have a responsibility to do better. ...

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"Comedy is a powerful tool to be able to speak truth to power and elevate the voices of minorities. While it's important to recognize the right of individuals to express their views, Netflix has a greater responsibility to protect marginalized groups-- especially those whom ...

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"Be on the right side of history, work towards compassion, inclusion and the right to happiness for all. Best of luck to the Trans employees at Netflix -- an ally." 2/2 #NetflixWalkout

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Throughout the day we will be sharing comments from the signatories of bit.ly/GoogleNetflixL. To start us off: "Trans rights still have so far to go, and large media companies have a massive responsibility here. They hold the power to make things swing either way... 1/2

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Sincerely, 319 Googlers 9/9

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We call on all employees of big technology & media companies to follow the lead of Trans* Netflix by holding their employers accountable for the social impact of their decisions. Together, we can make a safer, more inclusive future for everyone. 8/9

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We recognize that many of these demands apply equally to our employer and to the platforms and technologies we produce. We do not take lightly the responsibility to encourage our own employer to make similar changes and to be held to a similar standard. 7/9

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-We stand with Trans* Netflix in calling for better promotion of trans-affirming and trans*-creators. We call on all big technology and media companies to invest in better portrayal of trans people, particularly BIPOC, in all forms of media. 6/9

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-We believe that every technology and media company has an obligation to monitor and mitigate the harm done by the products they produce and the services they provide — whether it’s content distribution, search, artificial intelligence, or social networking. 5/9

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-We affirm the importance of representation for trans people, especially BIPOC, in high-level leadership roles (Director, VP etc.) at all companies, but particularly in big tech & media companies where decisions could disproportionately affect the safety of vulnerable people. 4/9

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-We support the right of every trans and non-binary person to work in a safe place that is free from transphobic imagery and references. 3/9

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