Pledge your participation in our Day of Visibility on April 30th in support of googlers-against-ice.com.
- What: A Day of Visibility where Google workers wear merch (t-shirts, pins) and/or display 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.
Google has contracts ICE and CBP, putting our technology in service of mass deportations and immigration enforcement. In response to ICE escalations across the country, over 1,500 of us signed the Googlers-Against-ICE petition calling on leadership to be transparent to its workers and to protect worker safety.
Despite our numbers, which drew considerable mainstream media attention, many of our co-workers still aren't aware of the extent of DHS's reliance on our tech, and how our labor is being used. Now we’re taking the next step. The Day of Visibility is how we find each other: coworkers who share these concerns, who want to organize, and who make all of us stronger and safer by showing up together.
Our Day of Visibility has two goals:
1. Spread the message — show coworkers that this is a real, broad-based concern
2. Find each other — meet fellow workers who want to organize, and build strength in numbers
How to participate:
• In-person — Wear a campaign t-shirt or pin to the office. Hub organizers in NYC and the Bay Area will host cafeteria lunches and tabling. Need a shirt or pin? We’ll ship it to you.
• Digital — Adopt a MOMA profile picture ring or set an all-day calendar event. Digital toolkits coming soon.
To ensure safety in numbers, we proceed only if we reach:
• 200 pledges overall (as of 4/24, we have 197 pledges)
• 50 pledges each in NYC and the Bay Area
These thresholds were set in February. If they aren’t met, we will pause and postpone.
All day-of activities comply with Google policies. Disruptions and non-compliance are explicitly discouraged. Our goal is to show unity, broadcast the petition’s demands, and assemble as workers of conscience.
Locations:
In-person events in NYC and the Bay Area, with lead-up events in the weeks before April 30th. Seattle and London may also spin up local hubs. Want to attend or organize near you? Sign up and we’ll connect you.
In solidarity,
Googlers Against ICE Organizers