0202.json

{
    "id": 449,
    "date": "2019/09/19",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.geekwire.com/2019/tech-company-chef-wont-renew-u-s-immigration-contracts-changing-course-amid-employee-activism/",
        "https://seattleglobalist.com/2019/10/09/seattle-tech-firm-announces-end-of-ice-contracts/88379",
        "https://github.com/sethvargo/chef-sugar"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "protest"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "ethics"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "white collar workers",
        "inhouse workers"
    ],
    "description": "A former employee of Chef, a Seattle-based tech firm,\nprotested the company's involvement with ICE by deleting open source projects used by Chef customers. The CEO of Chef initially defended the decision to work with ICE but within a week, reversed course and canceled their contract following internal protests and advocacy by Chef employees.  ",
    "online": true,
    "locations": [
        "seattle-washington-usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "chef"
    ],
    "workers": 2,
    "tags": [
        "ice",
        "immigration"
    ],
    "author": [
        "william boag"
    ],
    "latlngs": [
        [
            47.5993997,
            -122.303085
        ]
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Chef Caf\u00e9 Restaurant, 2200, South Jackson Street, Little Saigon, Central District, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98122, United States"
    ]
}