Thousands of Google employees staged a global walkout on Thursday to protest the tech giant’s reported cover-up of sexual misconduct among its executives.
The New York Times reported on Oct. 25 that Google protected three executives from credible accusations of sexual misconduct, which included negotiating buyouts worth millions of dollars from the company. Google has denied any wrongdoing.
The “Google Walkout” protests have occurred in locations ranging from Mountain View, CA – where Google’s headquarters are – to Tokyo, New York and Berlin.
Here are some photos of the protests:
Grateful to stand in solidarity with @Google Boulder #googlewalkout pic.twitter.com/vbwvhC2l68
— Sanette Tanaka Sloan (@ssktanaka) November 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/heatherkelly/status/1058059867796103168
Their demands are as follows:
https://twitter.com/ktbenner/status/1058003999956365312
Sandar Pichai, Google’s CEO, expressed support for the walkouts.
“Employees have raised constructive ideas for how we can improve our policies and our processes going forward,” Pichai said in a statement. “We are taking in all their feedback so we can turn these ideas into action.”
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