Comment on Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza

Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a Neoliberal anthem: rights are for citizens; employees need to sit down and STFU.

  Why do we reject tyranny.gov, but embrace tyranny.com?

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  • Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can go on a protest whenever you want. Don’t expect your employers to be enthusiastic about it if you organise one in your workplace, however.

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    • fuckgenosiders@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Worldist and genocide apology, name a more iconic duo

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      • Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If Israel wanted to commit a genocide in Palestine, they could literally carpet bomb the entire place in a day and be done with it.

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  • bastionntb@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This.

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  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think this is any of that though. Company property isn’t public property. The company can refuse service to people and require people to have permits for assembly. Employees don’t need to sit down and stfu, but there are ways to properly organize and do all the things they want without getting fired

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• distortwave@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s called a protest. Social movements protest to get a message across.

  You think they’d get permission?

  Also, this isn’t really a protest… A vigil. Microsoft is a trash corporation. None of this is surprising.

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  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So hold it elsewhere? Why does it have to be at a business? Seems a weird place to have a vigil anyways. Why not somewhere more somber or respectful?

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• veniasilente@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, given the kind of company, it’s not like you’d obtain a consent if you asked. They’re too busy getting that Israeli money.

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  • Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you work for a company, you’re a representative of that company. If you disagree with the businesses they work with, don’t work for that company.

    Or if you really have a problem and want to express yourself, don’t do it at your workplace. It’s stupid.

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    • veniasilente@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you work for a company, you’re a representative of that company.

      I’m not. Corporate is paying for my work (and barely, at that, given current rates), not for my ethics or for my ethical standing before other people who might not work at the company. If you believe otherwise, you might have been brainwashed by corporate-paid education.

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      • Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s literally how employment works. Unless you’re self-employed, you represent the people who pay you.

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• skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Microsoft doesn’t really care about the employees politics. The problem was that the employees were actively trying to lower profits by shrinking the market

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