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Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point

A protest at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. | Image: The Verge, No Azure for Apartheid

Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, disclose all ties, call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and protect pro-Palestinian speech.

Microsoft hasn’t met any of these bold demands, so the group has turned to increasingly brazen actions at Microsoft events, the company’s headquarters, and now the homes and offices of Microsoft executives to get results. Microsoft do …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/766683/microsoft-employee-protests-boiling-point-notepad

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/766683/microsoft-employee-protests-boiling-point-notepad

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