Google Is Going To Court For The First Time Over Alleged Pay Discrimination

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In 2018, workers pushed back against the company's decision to take part in Project Maven, a Defense Department initiative aimed at developing better artificial intelligence for the U.S. military.
56% : But, she pointed out, the positive thing about a pay discrimination suit going to trial -- a rarity in the tech world, as cases are oftentimes settled before reaching court -- is it allows for these sorts of discussions to happen in public.
53% : A handful of workers quit and about 1,000 employees signed an open letter asking CEO Sundar Pichai to be more transparent about the project.
47% : Rowe alleges that she was hired at Google at a lower "level" than several men in her role with similar backgrounds and experience, which she claims cost her hundreds of millions of dollars in "past and future lost wages and benefits.
36% : The walkout, though, was the resounding crescendo, and paved the way for protest at other companies.

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