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Tech company Chef won’t renew U.S. immigration contracts, changing course amid employee activism
Chef CEO Barry Crist. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Software engineers are powerful players in the technology industry. Typically,…
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Why Microsoft won’t unplug government agencies despite opposition to Trump policies
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking about his new book ‘Tools and Weapons’ at Seattle’s Town Hall. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin…
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Microsoft and GitHub workers protest ICE contracts in latest demonstration of employee activism
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman (GitHub Photo) Microsoft employees are showing solidarity with workers at GitHub, a subsidiary of the company,…
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Tableau employees hold rally in Seattle, ask leadership to sever ties with ICE and CBP
Tableau employees protest the company’s work with the federal government. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Tableau employees are adding their…
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Microsoft resumes political spending despite ongoing employee concerns
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Microsoft has quietly started making political contributions again after suspending…
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Why this investment firm is pushing Microsoft to put an employee on the tech giant’s board
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, pictured here at a past shareholder meeting, is the only employee currently on the board. (GeekWire…
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New employer satisfaction data hints at techlash’s impact and Microsoft’s exception
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) It’s been a tough year for tech, and the barrage…
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Bernie Sanders enlists Amazon employee activists in climate change campaign
Amazon user experience designer Emily Cunningham speaks at a rally outside of the company’s shareholders’ meeting in May 2019. Employees…
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Hundreds of Amazon employees protest company PR policy by speaking out about climate change
Amazon user experience designer Emily Cunningham speaks at a rally outside of the company’s shareholders’ meeting in May 2019. Employees…
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Palestinian activists and Microsoft employees demand company cut ties with AnyVision, citing civil rights violations
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Activists are planning a demonstration at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus…
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