This form allows Google workers to pledge their participation in a Googlers against ICE Day of Visibility on April 30th in support of googlers-against-ice.com.
- What: A Day of Visibility where Google workers display physical tokens (e.g. t-shirts, pins) and digital tokens (e.g. MOMA profile ring) in support of the Googlers Against ICE campaign.
- When: Thursday April 30th
- Where: NYC & SFO hubs, your local campus, online
- How: Sign up with this form!
- Self-link: sldr.it/s/dov-pledge
Read on below for more details!
Note: please do not share the link to this page in any on-corp spaces outside of 1:1 chats!
If you have questions about the event plan or how to participate that aren't answered by the information on this page, please set up a 1:1 call with a petition organizer, or send an email to info@googlers-against-ice.com.
Details: over 1,500 Google workers — you, us, and many of our co-workers — have signed on to the reasonable and urgent demands of the Googlers Against ICE petition, focusing on transparency and worker safety. The petition drew considerable mainstream media attention. Nonetheless, many Google workers still remain unaware of our complicity with ICE and the growing body of their co-workers who are beginning to speak out in opposition.
As a next step in the campaign to build strength and power, we'll hold a Googlers Against ICE Day of Visibility on Thursday, April 30th. On this day, everyone who has pledged using this form will engage in one or more “visible” pathways of support for the petition’s demands:
- IN-PERSON: We have designed t-shirts and pins for Google workers to wear to the office — we will send these the home addresses of anyone who needs them. Hub organizers at NYC and Bay Area campuses will assemble cafeteria lunches and tabling locations for folks to gather.
- DIGITAL: Google workers who are remote or don’t want to wear physical tokens can instead adopt digital tokens such as MOMA profile picture rings and all-day calendar events. We are designing these now and will soon release digital toolkits.
This Day of Visibility is a way for us to spread our message that leadership has a responsibility to keep us safe, both from ICE itself, and from our company's complicity in their operations through our contracts with DHS and intermediaries. It is also a way for us to meet other co-workers who agree and want to organize with us going forward, making us all stronger and safer with more numbers.
The no-go condition: to have safety in numbers, 200 pledges overall and 50 pledges in each of NYC and the Bay Area will be required to proceed on the day-of. These thresholds were decided in February when planning began. To ensure accountability safety, we will pause and postpone if these thresholds are not met.
Additionally, the day-of activities (lunch and tabling) have been designed to be in compliance with all Google policies. Disruptions, disobedience, and non-compliance are explicitly discouraged for all participants. Our goal is to broadcast the demands, show unity and strength, and assemble as workers of conscience.
The Day of Visibility will have in-person events in the NYC and Bay Area regions on the day-of and in the weeks leading up to the event. SEA and LON may also be spinning up local hubs. Let us know if you want to attend or plan an in-person event at your location — we’ll plug you in to the appropriate communication channels, and/or help you start a local hub at your office.
In solidarity,
Googlers Against ICE Organizers