Microsoft is funding DACA opponents in Congress while warning employees that discussing the donations with one other may constitute 'harassment'. It also bars H1-B and DACA employees from information sessions about the PAC. I wrote a story about it here: https://idlewords.com/2019/07/microsoft_s_hypocrisy_on_daca.htm …
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I obtained an internal Yammer post from Microsoft president
@BradSmi in which he makes promises to employees about how the PAC will do better, but refuses to shut it down. I have transcribed it and posted it here: https://idlewords.com/brad_smith_pac_june_8.htm …Show this thread -
The post is basically an admission that Microsoft has been giving to right-wing extremists (for example, the PAC gave $6,000 in March and April to a Senate candidate whose campaign page pledges to stop migrants "by any means necessary.")
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After reaching out to Microsoft for comment, I learned that neither
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So to recap: if you are a DACA employee at Microsoft, the company donates to politicians who want you deported, tells you you can't ask your managers or coworkers about this funding, refuses to reveal who makes the decisions, and says the president and CEO are helpless spectators
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I'm so angry about political donations from big tech companies to bigots that it's driving me to journalism.
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Here is
@BradSmi just hours ago praising the House for passing a bipartisan immigration law after his company gave over $46,000 to its opponents. I just don't understand this transparent duplicity. We have the receipts!https://twitter.com/BradSmi/status/1149062470247624709 …Show this thread
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so maybe the winner is declared one way or the other, and then they can shut down the political contributions? When will this WAR CLOUD
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Good question. I doubt a win would mean the end of political contributions. Government contracts do get re-competed—and that’s before you get to the protest period where whoever loses protests the winner and drags out the start of the contract.
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Hallo you can read it here: Thread by
@Pinboard: "Microsoft is funding DACA opponents in Congress while warning employees that discussing the donations with one other may […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1148731044935286784.html … Share this if you think it's interesting.
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