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17 Dec 2018

Author:
Nick Bastone, Business Insider

USA: Organizers of Google employee walkout call on tech community to demand an end to forced arbitration in the industry as a whole

Organizers of the successful Google employee walkout are now calling on the rest of the tech industry to take up their cause, 11 December, 2018

...This November, thousands of Google employees and contractors around the world walked out in protest of how the company has handled matters of discrimination and sexual misconduct.  

...Organizers say ending forced arbitration for all employees was the first demand of the original walkout, though they contend that Google's response was insufficient. Google said it would begin allowing arbitration for sexual harassment and assault cases for full-time employees only.

...The group — which consists of more than 20 current Google employees — is [now] also calling on employees from the broader tech community to join their coalition.

"20,000 Googlers walking out of work was the first moment in an escalating movement," the letter read. "Since then, we've heard from tech workers at 15+ other major tech companies about their experiences. We vow to fight together in 2019 until forced arbitration is abolished for all our FTE and TVC colleagues."

The demands on Monday call for an end to arbitration for all employees and for all forms of labor disputes, including discrimination cases.

A Google spokesperson declined to comment to Business Insider.

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