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Democracy Now did a great segment with Google workers who were arrested during sit-ins against Project Nimbus about Project Nimbus, the No Tech for Apartheid movement, and their motivations and experiences. Definitely worth checking out if you want to learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=rz8Y2NSPpX

I don't have enough characters here to express my frustration and sadness at Google's decision to have nine of their own employees arrested for a peaceful protest yesterday, so I wrote more about it on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/posts/timwilde_no

Google, I'm so sad, angry, and disappointed at you. This is not the company I signed up for. I'm spending today in serious contemplation of my next steps and path forward.

www.linkedin.comTim Wilde on LinkedIn: No Tech For ApartheidGoogle had nine of my fellow Googlers *arrested* last night. Their "crime"? Peacefully protesting Google's Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government,…
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@lauren @dangoodin has won NLRB elections for some bargaining units, but we still have a long way to go to cover all ~200k employees and TVCs. We even got Google recognized as a joint employer for a couple of the units, although Google's likely to drag that through as many courts as they can: theverge.com/2024/1/4/24026025

The Verge · Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.By Amrita Khalid

Something is not quite right with what we’re being told about the labour market with there being no workers for jobs

Was told Friday there were over 300 applicants for a carers job I’d applied for and this morning Seek tells me there were over 100 for a part time support worker position