Recode Decode: After 20,000 workers walked out, Google said it got the message. The workers disagree.

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Six of the organizers of the Nov. 1 Google walkouts — Erica Anderson, Claire Stapleton, Meredith Whittaker, Stephanie Parker, Cecelia O'Neil-Hart and Amr Gaber — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the worldwide protests came together and why Google's response has been inadequate. In this episode: (02:20) How the protests started; (07:13) The divide between tech rhetoric and tech reality; (10:24) How the organizers formulated their demands; (14:05) The rights of contractors at Google; (22:04) Why Googlers were ready to walk out; (29:31) Google's response and the organizers' reactions; (42:13) The post-walkout town hall meeting; (46:50) The privileges of being a tech worker; (50:25) What needs to happen next; (1:02:41) Are the walkout organizers hopeful? Fan of the show? It helps to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-large of Recode.
0:53.0	You may know me as the organizer of a protest against Vox Media's decision to keep buying coconut la croix,
0:58.0	but in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:03.0	Today, we have a really special show.
1:05.0	I'm joined by six of the organizers of the Google Walkouts.
1:09.0	These are the protests at several Google campuses that formed after The New York Times reported
1:14.0	that the company was promoting and paying off people accused of sexual harassment, but it's so much more than that.
1:19.0	Normally, I would tell you the names and titles of my guests, but I have three people here with me in the studio,
1:24.0	New York Studio, and three on the line from California.
1:26.0	So just keep, for listeners, keep everyone's voices straights, everyone when they talk,
1:31.0	are going to say their names, and but first, we're going to introduce everybody.
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