Over 2,000 Google employees join protest against Trump’s immigration ban

You can’t browse through any news site these days and not see news related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration in seven Muslim-majority countries. Even big tech company leaders are speaking up. But it isn’t just the leaders this time. More than 2,000 Google employees in eight offices in the US walked off their jobs to protest the immigration ban. They made use of the hashtag #GooglersUnite, where the employees tweeted photos and videos of the walkout activities around the world—including one at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View.

The protest happened after employees donated over US$2 million to a crisis fund that will be distributed to nonprofit groups working to support the refugees. Google matched the donation. The protest was organized by the employees but supported by Google. Both the company’s co-founder Sergey Brin and CEO Sundar Pichai spoke at the rally, with Pichai being quoted by saying “The fight will continue,” and Brin saying “it’s a debate about fundamental values.”

Source: The Verge