Google worker activists accuse company of retaliation at 'town hall'

Worker activists at Google held a "town hall" on Friday where they alleged that the company regularly retaliates against employees who speak out about workplace problems and announced plans for a "company-wide day of action" on 1 May. The meeting, livestreamed for Google employees in offices around the world, was announced after two of the organizers of the November 2018 global walkout circulated a letter internally alleging they were being punished for their activism. The two employees, Meredith Whittaker and Claire Stapleton, provided further details of their cases during the Friday event. Their statements, along with anonymous reports of retaliation of 11 other Google employees, were published in internal documents seen by the Guardian. "I didn't walk out because I'm against Google, I walked out because I'm for it – because I wanted to make it better," Stapleton said in her written statement.