Google rejects plans to fight sexual harassment and boost diversity

theguardian.com

So what were the ACTUAL proposals?

The article seems kind of sensationalized without letting us come to our own conclusions by reading the actual proposals.

Yeah, all the articles reporting this are kind of sensationalized. I had to dig up the actual proposal list from their shareholder meeting page [1] (click the proxy statement link for the full text). Some of the proposals are simple and would have made some sense to ratify, others are completely impractical or just bad business.

[1] https://abc.xyz/investor/other/annual-meeting/

> Google removed its policy of forced arbitration regarding sexual assault [..] A representative from Verily, a research organization owned by Alphabet and staffed largely by temporary workers, on Wednesday asked why contractors like himself did not have the same protections.

We really shouldn't frame not being coerced into giving up our rights as a 'protection'.

Within this context the removal of the policy for contractors helps protect them from sexual harassment by increasing the potential downside for those doing the harassment.

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