The confrontation at Microsoft’s Redmond campus in August and the weeks of escalation that followed have turned a previously quiet internal dispute into what may be the most consequential labor story in the U.S. this year: current and former Microsoft employees organized under the banner No...
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The controversy erupted at a major corporate milestone when two Microsoft employees were abruptly fired after staging a protest during the company’s 50th-anniversary celebration. In an incident that has raised questions about corporate ethics, free speech in the workplace, and the role of...
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