Google staff in Zurich stage walkout over job cuts

A file photo taken on Feb 2, 2023, showing members of the Alphabet Workers Union (CWA) holding a rally outside the Google office in response to recent layoffs, in New York City. About 250 Google workers in Zurich staged a walkout before lunchtime and assembled with placards outside one of two Google offices in the Swiss city, according to a union spokesman. — AFP

About 250 employees from Alphabet Inc subsidiary Google in Zurich walked out on Feb 15 to protest the company’s decision last month to cut about 6% of its global workforce.

The workers, with support from trade union Syndicom, walked away from their desks before lunchtime and assembled with placards outside one of two Google offices in the Swiss city, according to union spokesman Dominik Fitze.