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Google Fires 28 Employees After Multi-City Protests

Google terminated 28 employees Wednesday, according to an internal memo viewed by CNBC, after a series of protests against Project Nimbus.

Google terminated 28 employees Wednesday, according to an internal memo viewed by CNBC, after a series of protests against labor conditions and the company's contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. "This evening, Google indiscriminately fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday's historic, bicoastal 10-hour sit-in protests," No Tech for Apartheid said in a statement, adding, "In the three years that we have been organizing against Project Nimbus, we have yet to hear from a single executive about our concerns. Google terminated 28 employees Wednesday, according to an internal memo viewed by CNBC, after a series of protests against labor conditions and the company's contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services.

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