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Welcome once more to Human Capital, where I smash down the most recent in vary, equity and inclusion, and hard work in tech. This week, Twitter dropped its latest vary document and Tesla introduced its first one ever. In the intervening time, Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for the best way wherein problems went down with Dr. Timn…
Welcome back to Human Capital, where I break down the latest in diversity, equity and inclusion, and labor in tech. This week, Twitter dropped its latest diversity report and Tesla released its first one ever. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for the way things went down with Dr. Timn…

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Author: Megan Rose Dickey

Megan Rose Dickey is a senior reporter at TechCrunch focused on diversity, inclusion and social justice. She also covers the on-demand economy, artificial intelligence, algorithmic accountability and transportation. She previously spent two years at Business Insider covering tech startups focuse…

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  1. "The National Labor Relations Board today issued a complaint against Google after investigating the firing of several employees last November". (December 3, 2020)
  2. "Timnit Gebru, a leading researcher and voice in the field of ethics and artificial intelligence, says Google fired her for an email she sent to her direct reports". (December 3, 2020)
  3. "A growing group of more than 1,666 Google employees is demanding Google stop selling its technology to police departments, TechCrunch has learned". (June 22, 2020)
  4. "Youve landed on the web version of the weekly Human Capital newsletter. Sign up here to get this in your inbox every Friday at 1 p.m. Welcome back to Human Capital". (February 21, 2021)
  5. "This week kicked off with a report of a GitHub worker who was fired after cautioning his coworkers in the DC area to stay safe from Nazis during the assault on the U.S. Capitol". (January 17, 2021)
  6. "Timnit Gebru, a leading researcher and voice in the field of ethics and artificial intelligence, says Google fired her for an email she sent to her direct reports". (December 3, 2020)
  7. "A group of more than 200 Google and Alphabet workers have announced their efforts to form a union, The New York Times first reported". (January 4, 2021)
  8. "The four ex-Google employees, also known as the Thanksgiving Four, who were fired right before the holiday, are planning to file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board". (December 3, 2019)
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