Google employees go on strike following The New York Times investigation into harassment at the company

Google employees around the world went on strike against the company's response to sexual harassment, according to the Associated Press.

The promotions began from the Google office in Tokyo at 11 am and started at the same time in different time zones, writes The Guardian. Strikers were urged to leave their workplaces and leave a note "I'm not at the table because I support the protest against sexual harassment, inappropriate behavior, lack of transparency and a culture of labor relations that does not apply to everyone."

The organizers of the strike put forward a number of demands to the leadership of Google, in particular, to publish reports on cases of sexual harassment in the company, to create a mechanism for handling complaints of inappropriate behavior, and to remove from contracts a clause prohibiting employees from taking cases to court in case of harassment and discrimination.

The day before, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company's management is aware of the upcoming strike and will not interfere with it. “Employees have put forward constructive ideas about how we can improve company policies and processes,” was quoted as saying by The New York Times. Pichai

• The reason for the strike was an investigation by The New York Times about sexual harassment among top managers of Google. It, in particular, said that the creator of Android Andy Rubin left the company after he was accused of forced sex, but he received $ 90 million as a severance pay.
• Following the New York Times article, Sundar Pichai sent a letter to Google employees stating that over the past two years, 48 ​​people accused of harassment have been fired from the company, and none of them received severance pay.