"Standing in front of Google's office in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning, a small crowd of tech workers had a message for their employer: Say something. I was among a few reporters covering the Alphabet Workers Union's press conference over President Donald Trump's weekend executive order declaring companies will need to pay a $100,000 fee for employees on H-1B visas."
""Google is one of the most powerful companies in the world, and they have yet to say anything about what's happened and really take a stand and side with their own workers," Parul Koul, president of the AWU, told me. She added that their main target is the Trump administration, but that a public statement from a company with such profound "political and economic power" is a "key part" of a response."
About 25 unionized Google employees gathered outside Google's Lower Manhattan office to demand a public statement opposing President Trump's executive order imposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The workers, wearing union and "Googlers for job security" shirts, criticized Google for its silence and urged the company to side with visa-holding employees. Google's immigration law firm advised H-1B staff to either stay in the United States or, if traveling, return by 12:01 a.m. on Sunday. The White House later clarified the fee will apply only to new applicants. Google had not issued a public statement by Monday afternoon.
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