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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by harryh on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:36PM (#21415818)
GH employees don't just get a salary but also equity. So in addition to being employees they are, in fact, owners of the company. It seems perfectly fair for a company owner (even a small one) to voice an opinion about how the company operates.
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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by Trias11 on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:05AM (#21416202)
I can't really buy a few shares of Apple and get on a high horse trying to steer AAPL revenue strategy to my liking and beliefs.

Shareholder I am - but lets get realistic.

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by harryh on Friday November 01, 2019 @08:10AM (#21417890)
Sure you can:

https://www.fastcompany.com/40514341/two-activist-apple-shar...

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by Trias11 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @12:04PM (#21435059)
>> ... which together own around $2 billion of Apple stock, have published an open letter urging Apple to think differently about ...

Lol, there is a small difference between few shares and few $billion worth of shares. Latter' voice is easier to be heard.

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