On Wednesday May 1... the organizers of last November’s walkout coordinated a sit-in across major US and international Google campuses to protest the company’s alleged retaliation against people who report workplace sexual harassment... According to a Medium post published Monday by organizers of the walkout and sit-in, four anonymous employees who have reported sexual harassment to Google’s Employee Relations division have had their reports treated irresponsibly. Additionally, the organizers say Meredith Whittaker and Claire Stapleton—who helped organize the first Google Walkout—have faced retaliation within the company... The organizers of the sit-in are demanding for Google to completely meet all of the demands of the original November walkout. Those original demands included asking the company to end “forced arbitration,” a practice in which sexual harassment and other employment-related claims are handled by an internal arbitration board rather than a court; a commitment to end pay and opportunity inequality; a publicly disclosed sexual harassment transparency report; a clearer reporting process for sexual harassment claims; and the promotion of the company’s Chief Diversity Officer.

...[A] Google spokesperson said, “We prohibit retaliation in the workplace and publicly share our very clear policy. To make sure that no complaint raised goes unheard at Google, we give employees multiple channels to report concerns, including anonymously, and investigate all allegations of retaliation."